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The SunSPORTS EDITION

VOL. 11., NO. 580. CHRISTCHURCH, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915. ONE PENNY.

BIRTH.FELTON.~On December 17, .1915, at Nurse

IrvfiUhi, 167 Huxley Street,Mr and Mrs B. Felton—a son.

MARRIAGES.JAMES—LOWCAY.—On December 9, at 12

Harrow Street, Linwood, by the Rev. JohntJxtrd, Albert Henry James, New Brighton,

' to Frances, widow of the late William J.li. Lowcay, Defence Office, Wellington.

KELLY—KEEFE.—On December 8, 1915, atthe residence of Mr T. W. West, Gash-mere Hills, by the Rev. Chancellor Price,

j Percy R. Kelly, son of the late Captain• Richard Kelly, <rf the Shi*w, Savili, and

Albion Line, to Elizabeth A. Keefe,, daughter of M. Keefe, grazier, Fairvicw,

GuiKlagai.N.S.W. ■■'■/SPENCER SMITH—HOPE.—On December 6,

in England, Major Drummofid C. Spencer-Smithy R.F.A., elder son of the late Rev,S. C. Spencer-Smith, and of Mrs Spencer-

Smith* Vine House, Sturminstcr, Newton,to Roma Hope, second daughter of Mrand Mrs Arthur Hope, Timaru.

DEATHS.BARNKTT.—On December 16, at 37 Leeds

Street, Linwood, Elizabeth, widow of thelate James Barnctt; In "her 93rd year. Atrest. v

BATES.—On December 17, at her late resi-, dence, 30 Jxwcr High Street, Mary Ann,

widow of the late William Bates; in her76th year. At rest. Private interment.

SUTHERLAND—On December 17, 19f15,. atSumner, Ellen, relict of the lateThos. Su-thcrland; in her 79th year. Private in-terment. " -'-,.- ■ '.

MPROAEYO U R H O M E!

- Instal Our

PORCELAIN BATHS AND WASH-HAND BASINS, ETC.

Highest quality, snow-white, noncracking porcelain. Surface -asstnobth as polished marble. Newestdesigns. Make bathroom pleasant tolook at, delightful to use. Inspect,and see. what low prices we offer.

A. & T, BURT* LTD.,TUAM STREET.

ffit ;

1 ANGFORD & RHIND,UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS.

Town Oflice/104 Cashcl Street.Tuorie 812. P.O. Box 523.

, HERBERT LANGFORD,19 London St.

'Phone 689.

JOHN' RHIND,106 Montreal St.

'Phone IGO3. :

SHIPPING.

11NiON STEAM SHIP CO. OF-/~' NEW ZEALAND, LTD.

Steamers will be dispatched as under,(Circumstances permitting):—'■."..

Train. Cargo atWELLINGTON— p.m. Railway.

Mararoa—Mon., Wed., Frl. 7.23 11.0 a.m.Wibrl—Tues. vand Thurs. .. 7.23 11.0 a.m.i.iadri—Saturdays

.... 7.23 10.30 a.m.NAPIER, GISBORNE. and AUCKLAND—

PalboAft—Wed., Dec. 22 '.--.'. 4.0 9.0 a.m.SYDNEY and HOBART. via WELLINGTONManuka—Wed., Dec. 22;-..; 4.0 9.0 a.m.

' HOBART and MELBOURNE, via/■;/■;.' - 'WELLINGTON—..',M.t7l;oin—Mon., Dec. 27 ;. .'■'.. 4.0

DUNEDIN-.iiikoyval—Wed., Dec: 22 .. 12.10 9.0 a.m.

■p% NELSON and NEW PLYMOUTH—-<:<irinna—Wed.i Dec. 22 ..

!AN FRANCISCO, via RARGTONGA and\%\ ::• ■■ -;.. Tahiti- '■ ; ■',...

6> front Wellington.

CANADA, AMERICA, LONDON* Etc:, via>.-.;;-.' Suva, Honolulu,and'Vancouver—-;,

Nihgara—Dec. 28, from Auckland.

&i\AW, SAVILL, & ALBION CO.,"-: LIMITED.THE LARGEST PASSENGER STEAMERS

IN THE NEW ZEALAND TRADE.;'ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS for-.'LONDON",

with Superior . Accommodation for allClasses of Passengers,- calling at Monte'Video and fencrlffe. ALL TWIN-SCREWSTEAMERS, ." flttVd with C;0.2 PATENT'FIRE EXTINGUISHER.,; Steamer: .I Tons. J From. |. Date. .

KIA ORA« - 6,558 Wellington Dec.rOHINTHIC 12,232 I Wellington Jan. 13TAINUI 10,000 Wellington Feb. 10

I Wellington j Mar. 9AFtAWA r 110,000| Wellington j Apr. 6

•* No passengers.A fl Steamers fitted with Wireless Telegraphy.

-DALGETY & CO., LIMITED.NATIONAL MORTGAGE & AGENCY

',1!12 CO., LTD., Joint Agents..

rpilE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING* COMPANY'S LINE.

To PLYMOUTH"'.(to Land Passengers)and LONDON, via Monte Video

; and Tencriffe.MOST MODERN PASSENGER STEAMERS

IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE."""Steamer. Tons. | From. | To sail.REMUERA(2) 11,500 Wligtn Jan. 4RUAHINE(2) 11,000 - Jan. 27ROTORUA(3) 11,300 Feb. 24RIMUTAKA(2) 10,130 Mar. 23TURAKINA(2) , 10,960 Apr.20

(2) Twin screw. (3) Triple screw., • * No passengers.

ACCOMMODATION IS NOT SURPASSED:, V BY ANY OTHER LINE.! >

J Fitted with Wireless Telegraphy. ' .

: ■':. Apply "154 HEREFORD ST., CHCII.fMIE CANTERBURY STEAML SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD.

KoCargo to-be sent to Railway till advised.

\ STEAMERS will be dispatched as undertcircumstances permitting):

PICTON and WANGANUI-S.S. STORM—WEDNESDAY, 22nd inst.

• WANTED._

yblX UP—Dunsandci Patriotic Fete, New•to Year's Day; sports, side shows, etc. 1108

EVERYTHING Clean and Bright in Saloon-J at Jackson's, High Street, opposite

City Hotel. 2967

ADIES' Dainty Underwear bought at Mrsand Miss Field's, Armagh Street. 1471

ENTLEMEN, try blaney's. lor your next" pair Boots. See windows, next Recce's.

fTpOLISft your Cars with "Silvo"; lOdA per tin. Entirely British;

ARGE -, Shipment Latest Child-FacingJ Empires,- all colours. Williamson's,

\ Colombo Street. ~'..;___._,.- 1470FTER HOURS for Medicine: We deliver

your Medicine first thing in morning.[ Place your prescription In door box. Bar-nett and Co., The Chemists.

ANTED to Sell, Latest Designs in Baby� ; Carriages; lowest prices; big stock;

many varieties. LONGDIN,, Colombo Street(one,door from Dundas Street). •

ANTED SufTerers from Rupture,r » before purchasing obsolete trusses, call• and inspect Captain Colling's Rupture Cure.•E. W. Hall, herbalist, Armagh Street.

"ILD and Palatable, Pure and MellowLIQUEUR." .574

OK A DOLL'S Go-Carts and Prams, all&*y\j colours. Wheels arriving per s.s.Remucra. Williamson, Colombo Street. 1470

ARRY WILSON, getting busy—boughtout J. Strassmeyer, Furniture Arcade,

Colombo Street, corner Tuam Street.TSE "SILVO'.' on your. Electroplate; wou-* derfiil results; lOd per tin.

SHIPPING.

J£INSE Y & .CO, LTD.,

CHRISTCHURCH AND LYTTELTON.

SHIPPING, CUSTOMS, INSURANCE, ANDGENERAL AGENTS.

FEDERAL AND SHIRE LINES.

DIRECT SERVICE TO UNITED STATESAMERICA.

...(All F. and S. Steamers entered into

Government War Risks Scheme.)

W E S T ME A T ItLoading Early January

For BOSTON and NEW YORK,Taking Wool at current rates of freight.

Shippers Please Note.—As space availableis limited, early applications are necessary.

ApplyKINSEY & CO., LTD., Agents, .

Hereford St., Christchurch.

WANTED.AWRENCE'S EXCHANGE.—We have for

J Sale the Largest and Best Stock ofSecond-hand Motor Cars and Motor Cyclesin N.Z., also Machinery of all descriptions.Motors, etc., bought, sold, or exchanged.Addresses:'.Corner Tuam and High Sts.;fiSrage,"opposite.Railway Station. .295

i. BURR EL L,' * TIDa, PEOPLE'S

'*;.■ 11 VICTORIA SQUARE. ;

Wedding Groups and Enlargementsa Specialty.&;STOKES deliver Coal in

' Town and Suburbs. Ring up 71. Ad-dress, 344 Cashel Street. r ■ .270

ECCANCn—Think of the pleasure ofl.making Models and thc_ joy of working j

them—Submarines, Towers, Bridges, ctc.;j100 toys in one. Meccano Outfits, complete, |No. 0, 5/-. DRAYTON'S, 765 Colombo St.

NICHOLL, VICTORIA STREET.

FRESH FRUIT AND 'VEGETABLES.Town and Country Orders promptly

executed. 'Phone 2260. .619[ C. E. ST. JOHN,

OENTAL SURGEON(Late. Associate Dr Paterson),

745 COLOMBO ST. (Opp. Carey's.)Telephones: Surgery 2051. Residence 3304.

"ISS aTiIENDERSON MARR, Specialist in:Jjjjjj|jsn Diseases, may be consulted per-

sondEMjpir by letter for Eczema, Psoriasis,Ulcers;, Boils, Scalp Dis-

orders, and all Skirt Eruptions. No. 14 (firstfloor) Dominion Buildings, Christchurch.Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 pim.; Saturdays 10 a.m.to 1- p.m. ,".

SAT!ST. ALBANS RESIDENTS,

HAVE THE BEST.Order from DINGLE BROS.,Telephone 2102. Bealcy Avenue.

RHE NEW ZEALAND, INSTITUTE OF• '■ . ASTROLOGY.

Established 15 years. Box 747, Auckland. |

Your Character, Constitution, and Qualiflca-,tions and" Periodicities defined. I

Send 1/ii Stamps for Test Horoscope.Cash returned if not satisfied. " j

You will be surprised and convinced.. • '. .613

J. ANDERSON (Late J. Olds),-' THE DISTINCTIVE TAILOR.

Gents' Suits. fr,6m £4 4/-. Ladies' Costumesfrom £4 4/-. English and American

Styles a Speciality.196 CASHEL ST. (Upstairs). .639

CI IFT Books, Toys, Dolls, Xmas Cards, and.""" Post Cards; all new stock. Open every

evening. Central News' Agency, Triangle,Colombo Street (next Steel, butcher). 2929

>ED CROSS Sales Depot, next G.P.0.,wants Gifts of Garden Produce, Fruit,

Vegetables, Flowers, and anything saleableto.provide funds for 'our Wounded soldiers.POLISH your Cars with "Silvo"; lOd

per tin. Entirely-British.

P\ (\ i>oljL ' s Go-Carts and Prams, all&ty\j colours. Wheels arriving per s.s.Remuera. Williamson, Colombo Street. 1470

ACKSON, Hairdresser and Tobacconist,"■-r late with J. T. Pricstnall, has com-menced business, High Street, opposite CityHotel. 2967

>OLL UP—Dunsandel Patriotic Fete, NewLV Year's Day; sports, side shows, etc. 1468

IRS HUNT, Magnetic Masseuse, Clair-voyarae, and Psychomctrist, inter-

viewed at 107 Kilmore Street. 2918[">EST Quality Silk in "Victoria," "Model,"'•> %aura," "Rose," 8/6, 9/6, 10/9, 11/9.

MAWSON*S, LTD., Blouse Specialists. 2962

HARVEY & CO., 40 Tuam Street, for"• Wheat, Oats, Barley, Peas, Sharps,Bran, Potatoes, etc.

INGER, 5-drawcr, folding table, £3 17/G.' High Street, opposite Petersen's. .607

S/eT^SiliT"Blousesfrom 7/6. Mrs and Miss Field, Armagh

Street. 1171

'ARRY WILSON, getting busy—boughtout J. Strassmeycr, Furniture Arcade,

Colombo Street, corner Tuam Street. ,'

U" Value in Tailoring fromJ. H. Hooper, Stanmore Road, Rich-

mond. Latest cut. Fit guaranteed. .616' ARGE Shipment Latest Child-Facing

1 Empires, all colours. Williamson's,Colombo Street.

___

1470UGAR~oFMiIk, "Edendalc," lib packeTs,-at 1/2 per'lb; guaranteedWeight. Bar-

I nett and Co., Cathedral Square.

"ADAME VERARONEY, Clairvoyant,>■ Psychometrist, Magnetic Healer, 203

, Barbadocs Street (near Tuam Street).I Ladies only.__

BEST house in tho trade for ReliableShoes. Slancy's, 659 Colombo Street,

next Recce's. '_; 2930-

WILSON, getting busy—bought-£*■ out J. Strassmeycr, Furniture Arcade,I Colombo.Street, corner Tuam Street.

*OR Baby Carriages—wicker Boat-bodied■ .Folders and Footpath Sulkies—get a

price from LONGDIN, Colombo Street (onedoor from Dundas Street).

"ING'S LIQUEUR" is the purest andmost palatable whisky. .574

rAJNTEIT~Kno\vn —Certain Cure for itch-I »» . ing Piles. E. W. Hall, herbalist,I Armagh

F~you want something right up to dateand sterling good quality in Baby Car-

riages at a fair price, try LONGDIN, Col-ombo St. (one door from Dundas St.).

INGER, £3 15/-; Golden Oak, drop-head,' £3 15/-. Tlie Triangle, opp. Petersen's.

.

1ADAME~ p7vSsTm FARRELL, Clair-voyant, consulted 381 Durham St. North

I (third house from McFedric's, grocer).I 'Phone 3151. Ladles only. ■ 2910

tOLL UP—Dunsandel Patriotic I'etc, NewYear's Day; sports, side shows, etc. 1468

~AHGE Shipment - Latest Child-FacingEmpires, all colours. Williamson's,,

\ Colombo Street. 1470

SITUATIONS VACANT.T. CUTHBERT'S PRESBYTERIAN

V COLLEGE, AUCKLAND./WANTED,

EXPERffiNCED RESIDENT MISTRESS.. Able to teach Senior Forms.

".■'■• Also,TWO MISTRESSES for Middle School Work.

Apply by letter toTHE PRINCIPAL

1481 Mount Eden, Auckland.^t~~~a~~T N ' T E /*" D,

MARRIED MANWho has had experience with oil engines,

to work in Forwarding Department.Apply 2 o'clock Monday, 20th. ;

BOOTH, MACDONALD, & C6.,JLTD.,1480 Carlyle Street.

WANTED, STOCKMEN,Experienced in drafting stock for freezing.

Apply (by letter, enclosing of testi-to

THE SECRETARY,North Canterbury. Sheepfarniers' Coopera-

tive Freezing Company,1560FP 155 Hereford St., Christchurch.

■UNIO»W A N, T E DFor Publishing Department.

Good opening for smart youth with :warehouse experience.

Apply -

THE PUBLISHER,. ; v The Sun Office, ; '

87 Worcester Street.

WANTED (for Sunnyslde Mental Hospi-tal), PROBATIONER NURSES; age

not to' exceed 30 years; must be of goodphysique. Salary commencing at £SO perannum, with board, lodging, washing, and,uniform.

Apply personally to tfhc1127 MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT.

VV AN T ■ K'» CERTIFICATED NURSE,

For Surgical Home.' Reply DR WILL,1457 Rangiora. '

rANTED, First-class COAT PRESSER.t »'

•" Good wages.Apply

THE WELLINGTON WOOLLEN MANU-FACTURING CO., LTD.,

2951FP 81 Iichfleld St., Christchurch.

WANTED, First-class MOTOR MECHANIC,for Culvcrden. Only first-class meu

need apply.HAWKES, LTD.,

1499 Gloucester Street, Christchurch. .

ANTED, CANVASSERS for the best»■» selling line of the year; good commis-

sion. 116 Lichfield Street. 2974TANTED (by Mrs Henry Acland), Tem:

»' porary COOK for country. -Apply MrsHugh Acland, 381 Montreal Street. Tel. 968.

2055FPrANTED, Young Lady TYPISTE; pre-

•» » vious office experience essential. Apply(at once) F. C. Raphael, 176 Gloucester St.

2924

RANTED (temporarily), TYPIST, for» ' electrical engineer's office. Box 548.

' 2978TANTED, an Experienced SALESWOMAN

» ' for paperhangings department. Apply(by letter) Smith and Smith, Ltd., Tuam St.

'■- ' 2923TANTED, Wool SORTERS. W. Nichdlls

' T and Son, Kaputone Wool Works,: Bel-fast. 1435

RANTED, GENERAL, first week in Janu-• ' ary. , Apply Mrs H. MacDonald, 32

Knowles St., Wednesday mornings. ,2897ANTED, Capable GIRL to.assist with

» ' housework, washing, etc.; comfortablehome; £1 per week; after Christmas. Applyat once to X, Chertsey. , 2950

ANTED, General SERVANT. Apply,"morning or evening, to 21 ManSlicld

Avenue,, St. Albans. 2979TANTED (immediately)—Cook-General,

• ' also Nurse-Housemaid or Lady Help.109 River Road. 2968

TANTED (for good country house),•• GENERAL. Apply Mrs J. S. Barrett,

343 Bealcy Avenue. Tel. 1338. •_ 2969'ANTED, Smart LAD at once for our

' • office. Davidson and Wauchop, 214Madras Street. - 2916

ANTED, a YOUTH (18 years), to drive» • light cart. Apply Maddren JJi'os.,

Madras Street South, Christchurch. 2977

JOY wanted, start January 4; .splendidopportunity. Apply (letter) to Mechani-

cal, Sun Office. 2920ANTED, Strong BOY for garden; one

' • just left school. S. Hans, Southbrook.1444

BOY wanted to sell The Sun .ontrains. Apply The Publisher,

Sun Office, 87 Worcester Street.HEEPFARMERS' LABOUh EXCHANGE—-

~- Wanted (at once): Married Couples,Ploughmen and Farm Hands, several Menand Boys (to milk and generally useful),Cowmen-Gardeners, Houseboy, Station Gar-dener, competent Shepherd, Cadet, Muster-ers, Blade Shearers, thoroughly efficientSingle Stud Shepherd, Camp Cook. Sheep-farmers' labour Exchange, 155 Hereford St.,Christchurch.

WANTED.TANTED—The Position of Accountant for

■ » inland town advertised by nic has nowbeen filled. W. W. Bruce, Shortlaud St.,Auckland. 2910

ANTED,""SOO to call» » at Armagh Street Music Stores (now

rc-opened) for Free" Xmas Gift of MusicCase. Open in evenings. 2912PTIHE Place to Buy your Christmas Pre-•*• sents, at Jacksons, High Street. The

prices right._

'_ 2967

LADIES' Dress Skirls, navy and black,from 12/6. Mrs and Miss Field,

Armagh Street. 1171

ITHE Luvisca Blouse in Pink, Mauve,- Sky, Brown, Black, and White, splen-

did washing, at 11/9. MAWSON'S, LTD., 88Lichfield Street. • 2962

AVING just Opened, the Stocks all Newand Clean at Jackson's, High Street.

_ _____

2967

W"~ ANTED at Once, Buyer for light Gig.11. B. Sorenscn, 03 Lichfield Street.

2965TANTED to Buy, Poultry, all kinds.' Apply Pounsford,

_>OLISH your Cars with "Silvo"; lOd- per tin. Entirely British.r>ED CROSS Sales Depot, next G.P.0.,C* wants gifts of Furniture, Curios, Fancy

Goods, Jewellery, or anything saleable toprovide funds for our wounded soldiers.

JEE Slancy's Shoe Windows; endless*5 variety to choose from, Slancy's, nextReece's.

,LL Best Brands ol tobacco, Cigars,*- and Cigaretcs sold at Jackson's, High

Street. 2967POT Plisse Blouses, variety styles and' shades, 5/9 each. At MAWSON'S..LTD.,

88 Lichfield Street. fW2

AMUSEMENTS.

COMMENCING MONDAY—At—-

j£ V E R Y B O D Y ' g"The Distinctive Theatre."

The London Film Company's Latest and.Greatest Masterplay:

THE MAN IN THE ATTICTHE MAN IN THE ATTIC

See -Special Advertisement on Papc 10.

SYDENHAM PICTURES.M MONDAY NEXT!

COD.,;or THREE OF A KIND., Broadway Star Comedy.

An Irresistible Laugh Raiser.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

0 L I D A Y TOUR S.

THE GOVERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU,91 Hereford Street, will be OPEN in theEVENINGS, from 7 to 9 o'clock from 15thDECEMBER to 3rd JANUARY (with the ex-ception of 25th, 26th, and, Ist prox.) togive Information ,and Issue Tickets to the

various Tourist Resorts.S. J. COLLETT,

Tourist Agent.Tels.: 1176 and 556. 1434

SUITABLE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARPRESENTS.

PALMS AND ASPIDISTRAS.

■"■ i ■ ■ '.

We have just landed a CHOICE ASSORT-MENT of these Plants, and are now show-ing in the Seed Department. . *

THE N.Z. FARMERS' CO-OP. ASSN., LTD.,CASHEL STREET.

A R D ■"

CHRISTMAS FTiUITS'""

!"■ 'V •■: ■;■■■•■' V'\'B.'d.<

Currants >, .. ..New Currants •>,'.; .. per lb'o 0,New Sultanas *.'. ,"j .. j, ' 0 8Good Sultanas .. ..

.. ~ o,'■•'"Seedless Muscatels.. ... *,, 0; 6Seeded, Raisins .. .. ~ per-pktO 7Phoenix Mixed Peel, ....per lb 0 10Candied Lemon Peel .. .. „ 0 8Candied Orange Peel .. ..

''.,',' 0 9Citron Peel .... ....,, 14Dessert Figs .. .... .. „ 6 8Dessert Figs .. .... ~ perpktO 6Cooking Figs .. ..... .. per 0 6Loose Dates .. .. .» .. „ 0 3J'Packet Dates .." «««*. a nJordan Almonds .. .. .. jjci iu a oCooking Almonds .. .. .. „ ,1 10

XMAS HAMS, delicious mild cure; per lb 1/1.XMAS PUDDINGS, in basins—Peek, FreafcJs,

1/8, 2/9, 3/9, 4/9; local, 1/3,2/3, 3/3.COUPON DEPARTMENT.—No Coupons will

be exchanged from Dec. 11 to Jan. 4.

WARDELL'S.

WANTED.RANTED,' Position as ATTENDANT in

■ • professional man's rooms, or anyposition of trust where good- managementrequired. Willing to learn- anything esseivtial to duties undertaken. R6, Sun. 2972

couple days' work per week; local re-ferences, R4, Sim Office. 2941

WANTED (by. good tenant), FurnishedHouse, fOK'short term. Apply (stating

rent) to R7, Sun Office. 2976>UY direct from the Manufacturers,-' MAWSON'S, LTD., 88 Lichfield Street,

and pay one profit only. 2962.O to Jackson's, High Street, for all makes

—f of Pipes, etc., the prices lowest' intown. 2967

WANTED, Ladies to Buy Children'sDresses, assorted sizes. Mrs and Miss

Field, 180 Armagh Street. 1171"OOLL UP—Dunsandel Patriotic Fete, New

1 Year's Day; sports, side shows, etc. 1468

CHRISTMAS Cards and Post Cards; latestdesigns; thousands to choose from; best

value in town. Central News Agency, Tri-angle, Colombo St. (next Steel,-butcher).pOON & CO., Christchurch, are selling

■* Light Spring Drays on the hire pur-chase system.

GREAT Reductions in Prime Quality Veal.Forequarters Fillets to sd,

Cutlets 4d. All meat equally cheap. SuttonForest Butchery, 121 Lower High St. 2966

ENTS' Real Glace Kid Derbys, sewn,latest shapes, 18/6. Slaney's, next

Recce's.lET your Suit Cleaned and Pressed for

X Xmas holidays. Keats, tailor, 149Armagh Street. 2660

*RS ROSS'S Pills, obtainable from lead-- ing chemists. Look for Mrs' Ross's

signature on every box. .136'LORAL Voile Blouses in the "Ivy,"

"Doris," "Model," -"Laura," and "Phyl-lis," at 5/3, 6/3, 7/3, 7/9. MAWSON'S,LTD., Blouse Specialists. 2962

lARGE Shipment Latest Child-FacingJ Empires, all colours. Williamson's,

Colombo Street. 1170for Cricket, Bowling, Tennis,

*J and Sand Shoes; popular prices. Sla-ney's, -next Reece's.

ADIES' Holiday Dresses, latest styles,12/6. Mrs and Miss Field, Armagh St.

ARUY WILSON, getting busy-boughtout J. Strassmeyer, Furniture Arcade, j

Colombo Street, corner Tuarn Street.LONGDIN'S for the Very Latest Designs

in Boat-body Baby Carriages; three-~

ply birch; prices lowest ever. Colombo St,(one door from Dundas St.).

HE Very Finest Old Scotch Whisky is"KING'S LIQUEUR." .574

'AVE you seen the LONGDIN Auto-Hood?L Smartest thing out for baby carriages. I

Colombo St. (one door from Dundas St.).

CA. LAWSON, Sumner Carrier. Goods• carefully removed. Christchurch

address: J. Pegley, 125 Manchester Street.'Phone 2883. 121%

ERY Middleman makes a profit; everyprofit makes the price so much more.

Moral, buy at MAWSON'S, Lichfield St.

WANTED—Ladies to Avoid Operationsby using Dr Coonlcy's Orange Lily.

Full particulars from E. W. Hall, Herbalist,Armagh Street.

rO Better Whisky exists than "KING'SLIQUEUR." .574

"NDIGESTION unfits you for work or plea-'■ sure; our. Dyspepsia Remedy > is.a sure j

cure—2/6 per bottle. Barnett and Co.,Chemists, Cathedral Sou*"**, j

AMUSEMENTS.

COMMENCING MONDAY—At—-

j£ V E R Y B O D Y ' g"The Distinctive Theatre."

The London Film Company's Latest and.Greatest Masterplay:

THE MAN IN THE ATTICTHE MAN IN THE ATTIC

See -Special Advertisement on Papc 10.

M MONDAY NEXT!COD.,;or THREE OF A KIND.

, Broadway Star Comedy.An Irresistible Laugh Raiser.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

TO L I D A Y TOUR S.

THE GOVERNMENT TOURIST BUREAU,91 Hereford Street, will be OPEN in theEVENINGS, from 7 to 9 o'clock from 15thDECEMBER to 3rd JANUARY (with the ex-ception of 25th, 26th, and, Ist prox.) togive Information ,and Issue Tickets to the

various Tourist Resorts.S. J. COLLETT,

Tourist Agent.Tels.: 1176 and 556. 1434

SUITABLE CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARPRESENTS.

PALMS AND ASPIDISTRAS.

We have just landed a CHOICE ASSORT-MENT of these Plants, and are now show-ing in the Seed Department.

AMUSEMENTS.IS MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

THE LAST NIGHT THE LAST NIGHTOf the Great Artistic Triumph:

MDLLE. REGINA BADET inNO GREATER LOVENO GREATER LOVENO GREATER LOVENO GREATER LOVE

Ajj 'SADUNAH THE DANCERSADUNAH THE DANCER

The Last Night also ofAnita Stewart and Earle Williams InThc-Sort-of-Girl-Who-Came-From—

MONDAY- TMONDAY-MONDAYMONDAY —NEXT mvnvti.i

The Big American Jollity.A CANNONADE OF LAUGHTER.

C.O.D. or THREE OF A KINDC.O.D. or THREE OF A KINDC.O.D. or THREE OF A KIND

*An Exhilarating and Bre«zy Story of ThreeMen, Three Wives, and a Holiday. •:

1/- and fid. Reserves The Bristol, 1/8.Theatre Telephone 820.

LOBETH E A T R E.' f DAILY FROM NOON.

TO-DAY and TO-NIGHT—The FinalScreening (of

THE ELUSIVE TREASURE BOXTHE ELUSIVE TREASURE BOX

Twelfth Thrilling Episode ofTHE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY.

And ; the following Brilliant Series:—BERTIE'S HOLIDAY ....

Sparkling; BERTIE'S HOLTDAY .. ..Comedy •<: ' The Gaumoiit Graphic—War'Topical

SHE WALKETH ALONE,A Powerful "Flying A" Drama.

A MISTAKE IN TYPESETTING,Vitigraph Comedy, featuring Flora -Finch.

FOR VALOR EdisonFOR VALOR .... .. War Drama

Special for the Children This -Afternoon.MONDAY NEXT, at NOON—-

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FERENCE."ONLY TWO MAYORS ATTEND.

BOARD COMPLAINS OF SLIGHT-

A conference between Mayors ofthe city and suburban boroughsand- the : chairmen. :

councils and the Canterbury Re-icruiting Board was arranged forlast evening, but the attendance oflocal bodies' delegates was verysmall, only two putting in an ap-pearance. There were present: Col.ChafVey, O.G.D. (in the chair), Ma-jorFinnis, Captain Northcote, MessrsA. S. Clarkson, F. W. Johnston, J. D.Mill ton (members of the RecruitingBoard), W. H. Winsor (Mayor of

. Spreydon), J. Brown (Majror .pif Hie-jcarton), and C. W. |tarj .).

" ■ W ■ ■;The meeting was for the purpose

of discussinga view to improving the locaFctiriridi-tions.

Mr Clarkson drew attention to thefact that invitations had been sent tothe Mayors of Christchurch, Riccar-ton, Spreydon, Woolston, and the1chairmen of the Heathcote and Wai-an'airi County Councils. Of these,Wly Messrs W. H. Winsor and, J.

,

- Brown, Mayors of Spreydon andBiccarton respectively, had attended.

- Considering that the RecruitingBoard \vas an official body, hethought itvwfls a slur cast on theboard that so few had* attended the

- ' -meeting,- Limelight speeches werevery well in their way, but when the

a officials, controlling. the local bodies'had been asked to ..put in an'appepr-'tince, and had failed to do so, then

-. he took it as an absolute insult toI the Recruitingßoard.' He /was ■ very, pleased to see the Mayors of Sprey-'don and, Riccarton attending, but hethought that without the help of the

: other gentlemen they could not do.

hiuch business. He moved that thev meeting be adjourned.

Mr F. W. Johnston, while agreeingWith much that Mr Clarkson said,Ihought the absent gentlemen mightbe victims of circumstances. Mr J.

'J. Graham, the Mayor of Woolston,* as they all knew, was most enthu-

siastic. The chairman of the Heath-cote body had appointed a substitute,who had not attended. ' The Mayorof Christchurch was always very

: good in t attending to such matters.. 5t might have been a coincidencethat they had all been prevented

r \ from attending.Mr W. H; Winsor (Mayor of Sprey-

don) said that he, persdjnally, would; not bave,. lUiieij it'lookedupon as a

.' slight'if he had been unable to &{-

tend the meeting that night. He wasnot there to make apologies forthose absent, but men at the head ofa local body had a great deal ofwork to do, though he thought, withMr Glarkson, that apologies mighthave been sent.

Mr J. Brown (Mayor of Riccarton)mentioned that a mayor often hadnotifications of three meetings on theone night. He would not like tohave been thought a shirker for notattending.—(Laughter.)

It was agreed to proceed with the| meeting.

1 LOCAL RECRUITERS NEEDED.Colonel Chaffey explained that it

was thought that as recruiting wasbeing carried out in the several dis-tricts; it was feared there might besome overlapping. He thought theborough councils might appoint onemember to look after recruiting inthe ;respective districts. The mainobject was to tap every little districtfor recruits.

Mr Winsor thought that work wasbeing pushed on to honorary offi-cials, who already had a great dealof public \vorlc on their hands. Hethought that professional men shouldbe given the work. By professionalmen he meant Government men.

Colonel Chaffey said there was al-ways a class who 'would be against-a Government man, while a localman could do the work much better,being in touch with the men andknowing the conditions.

Mr Glarkson reported that the Ox-ford members of the AutomobileAssociation favoured the idea ofsending out men on a recruiting cam-paign, but they would rather operatein another district and let Chrisf-church men go to Oxford.

;■,!;■; 'f GET TO,, BEDROCK.;' -

'Mr Johnston satd that there mustbe a considerable amount of diffi-dence in attacking neighbours on therecruiting question, but the boardwr ould appoint men to deal withcases if the names were supplied. Thjetime had passed for speeches anilnewspaper appeals; it was time toget down to bedrock. They werenot going to make threats of con-scription, but were going to make adirect appeal to the men's betterinstincts. After a fair and decenttrial of about six months had beengiven the board's system, then wasthe time to talk conscription.—(Hear, hear.) ~~

SOLDIERS' GRIEVANCES.Mr Winsor said what was wanted

was a place where the returned mencould go and ventilate a grievance;where their cases would be- con-sidered on'their merits.

Several members, including Col.Chaffey, stated that the Citizens' De-fence Corps had done, and was do-ing, very valuable.work in that line.

Mr'Million, of the C.D,6., said-thaiif the men would only go to themthey would receive every considera-

tion, and a full enquiry. A board of10 soldiers was to be formed shortlyin conjunction with the C.D.C., andsoldiers could rest assured that theywould be dealt with fairly.

At the conclusion of the meetingthe Mayors of Spreydon and Riccar-ton were accorded a hearty vote ofthanks for their attendance.

THE MAYOR EXPLAINS.

I CRITICISM UNJUSTIFIED.

| Regarding the remarks made byi Mr Glarkson at last night's meeting| of the Recruiting Board, Mr HollandI made the following statement to aiSun representative this morning:—| "As my unavoidable absence ap-pears to have- caused some offence

| to certain gentlemen at the recruit-I ing meeting last evening, I desire toi say that I think Mr Clarkson's re-! marks about the Mayors were quitei uncalled for. Mr Glarkson evident-ly has no idea of the calls on a

i Mayor's time, or he would not havejspoken as he did. While I do notwish to parade my work, or to claim

I that I do anything more than myj duty, I may give yesterday's en-gagements as just a sample of almost

| every day in the week. My dutiesi at the Mayor's office kept me ti11.1.20Ip.m.; at 2.15 I was engaged at. Holly

| Lea till 3.30; at 3.45 I was engagedi at a solicitor's office transacting pub-

j lie business, involving £10,000; at 4II presided at the Board of Gover-nors of the McLean Institute, and! transacted business involving manyithousands of pounds; at 5.15 I at-,'tended a very important meeting ofithe Markets Committee of the City

! Council, where very important mat-ters were discussed. I had a pre-vious engagement for 8 p.m., and upto the last moment hoped to com-

! plete that and attend the recruitingj meeting later; but this course was'not possible,,nor was it possible then-to send an apology. I think mywork in the past in the interest ofrecruiting might have been a rea-sonable excuse, but apparently noone thought of that. I have visitedscores of country districts, andhave induced many men toenlist. I have letters and tele-grams from the Minister, ex-pressing his appreciation. Ihave rarely missed the recruitingmeeting in the Square on Saturdaynights, and have given two of mysons for service at the front, andoffered to go myself to any part ofthe world in any capacity where I ;could be of service to my country,but I cannot attend two or three;meetings at the same time, .Can, Mr:Glarkson-produce., a belter >;i;ecprdj iWhat /has MrrGlaijksQSously ? ; I .was; <nQt aware that,, the :meeting last night was in the natureof a conference. I am always will-ing to doiny best for, the Empire."

THE NEW SCHEME.CENTRAL BOARD TO BE SET UP.

LOCAL BOARDS TO MAKEPERSONAL APPEALS.

[Special to The Sun.lWELLINGTON, December 18.

The new recruiting scheme willprovide; it is understood, for thecreation of a Central RecruitingBoard, of which the Prime Ministerwill be a member. The board willprobably be a very small one. Itwill work in conjunction with dis-trict boards, containing representa-tives of recruiting organisations andlocal bodies. The district boardswill be entrusted with the task ofmaking personal appeals to eligiblemen whose names and addresses areavailable in the National Register.

There will be no disclosure of con-fidential information, but a vigor-ous effort will be made to secure theenlistment of as large a proportionas possible of the eligible men, singlemen without dependents to be calledup first.

"DO YOUR DUTY."

I APPEAL TO YOUNG MEN.

TO GO INTO CAMP AT ONCE.Press Association.

WELLINGTON, December 17.An appeal to young men to give

up the pleasures of the festive sea-son for the mor,e lasting joy of dutywell done is made by the Prime Min-ister in the following statementmade to-night:—

"1 saw between 200 and 300 youngfellows march past the Parliamenttary Buildings this morning," saidMr Massey. /'They were recruits,

.just' joined, not yet in uniform, andon their way to the-railway station

■ •to" takethe train for Tfentham Camp.They had given up their Christmasholidays and all the joys which gowith the festive season, in order torespond in the only practical w£yto the call which has gone forthasking thenx at once to take up their

I duties as sbldiers of the Empire.I There was -,rio hesitation about them

as they swung cheerfully.along

without blast of trumpet or beat ofdrum. They were- satisfied theywerc ; doing right, and they looked it.I venture to say they got more satis-faction outof the fafet that they had jtaken the first stej> bnthe long roadto the fr£nt!j other bravemen up the . com-bined of assisting

in its houriof had remained:fo'r" : the prel&|a»& with> their friends"and enjoyed the jol-liest ChristinW of 'their experience.Their given up the joyiOf having th§ji% sons with them forthe but, like an-other matron* (one of many whohave been heard of during the war),they \vill be able tQ thank God that;He has given them men for sons.

"The 11th Reinforcement is stilland it is a matter of hon-

our with our Dominion that itshould be up to"its full strength be-fore the holidays cdininence, and Inow make a firiai appeal'to the man-hood of the country, especially tothose who have already given theirnames to the military authorities, todo as those young men did thismorning—go into camp at once. Ithas been well said that there caa beno nobler opportunity than that ofserving one's country when its veryexistence is at stake, and when itscause is just and right. That is theactual position to-day. Let ouryoung men take the opportunitythat offers, for it should not be ne-glected. Let them prove themselvesworthy sons of the British stock,and even in this,matter show theirappreciation of their comrades whofaced overwhelming odds, on thehillsides of Gallipoli and neverflinched, and I am confident theywill never regret their action."

NEWS IN BRIEF.Among the several things auctioned

at the River Bank Carnival on Thursdaywere several articles made by Miss P.Feltham, late of Queensland. Thearticles represented an Oriental tableand hand-painted cushions...and severalpin cushions. The work was executedwith artistic skill, and Miss Felthamwas enabled to hand over £lO to thefunds as the result*of her efforts.

Mr. H. Hunter, secretary of the UnitedFederation of Labour, states that theFederation's circular to unions conven-ing the Anti-Conscription Conference oflabour organisations, is meeting with agood response from the trades unions.The whole of the West Coast "unionshave signified their intention of beingrepresented. Among the Canterburyunions which will be represented are theTimber-workers, Tailors, Tailoresses,and Pressers, Drivers, Engineers, andGrocers. Mr James Thorn is at pre-sent organising on behalf of the confer-ence in the North Island.

The Citizens' Defence uorps is aboutto issue invitations to the wives of allChristchurch soldiers at the front, andthe widows of men who have fallen,asking them to attend at the Christ'sCollege Grounds on Wednesday next at2.30 p.m., and to bring their children,for the Christmas tree and entertain-ment that has been arranged. Thecorps desires any wives who do not re-ceive invitations in the next day ortwo to send forward their addresses.The entertainment will include gifts,games, and sports for the children, andafternoon tea for Everybody. The ladiesof the National Reserve are co-operat-ing in the matter, and the success ofthe function is assured. The entertain-ment is being held with a view topaying a compliment to the women andchildren who have been left behind, andthose who are in receipt of assistancefrom any source are cordially invitedto attend.

Owing to the increasing demand forthe sensational Harley-Davidson recordbreakers, we have a number of goodsecond-hand motor cycles, taken in partpayment, including Bradburys, B.S.A's,Douglases, Triumphs, Singers, KingDicks, and New Hudsons. These ma-chines have been put in thorough re-pair; in fact, some have only been onthe road a few months. This is aforced sale, as we require all spacefor our shipments of TWIN KINGDICKS and HARLEY-DAVIDSONS.Be early and secure your choice.

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One first offender for drunkenness wasconvicted and "fined 5/- at the Magis-trate's Court, Lyttelton, this morning,before Mr W. C. Cleary, J.P. JamesSeaton, on a similar charge, was fined20/-.

Apparently the rainfall that set inthis morning is somewhat local. Theshower had not gone further than Hals-well a couple of hours or so after it hadbeen raining in town. Several otherdistricts, unfortunately, escaped theshower.

To-morrow evening, from 7.30 till 10o'clock, the North New! Brighton Con-valescent Home for returned soldierswill be open to the public, and visitors

! are invited to attend the concert to begiven by Miss Lilian Harper and herparty. On these social' evenings it isproposed that gifts shall be broughtalong for the benefit of the soldiers.Owing to it being found impossible tocollect all the butts of the tickets intime, the gold nugget art union, whichwas to have been drawn to-day, has beenpostponed, until January 31, 1916.

The new commissioned staff for thehospital ship Maheno, which returns toEurope from New Zealand, consists ofLieut.-Colonel J; ■& Elliott, Officer .Com-manding; Majors ;H. Bernau, J. Mc-,Naughton; Captains H. Wilson, A.Clark, W. Barclay, P. Bett, andMi Den-niston.—Press Association.. . \

The Hawke's Bay Trades and LabourCouncil, with its affiliated unions, hasdecided to become affiliated with theFederation "' of Labour. The Christ-church Grocers Assistants' Union, anda number of Auckland and Gisborneunions have also recently joined theFederation. | :

At its meeting last night, the Canter-bury Drivers'Union decided to ask theCity Council to urge the Government tomake legislative provision for setting up.an Appeal Board'by alllocarbodies towhich employees may appeal. The unionsuggests that the Tramways AppealBoard, which is constituted of a Magis-trate as chairman, and a representativeof each party, should be taken as amodel. '

The following were appointed theCentral. Executive of the Queenval, with power to add to their numheiyat a meeting of the Carnivals Commit?tee held in the Art Gallery last even-ing:—-Messrs H. S. Bourn, W. W. Char-ters, J. B. Laurenson, W. H. Montrgomery, S. A. Orchard, S. A. Staples,W. D. Stewart, W. H. E. Wanklyn, E.M. "Warren,* and C. J. R. Williams.

The Canterbury Automobile Associa-tion ; is arranging; for a monster outing;

;for returned men on Sunday, January16, 1906. Messrs A. S. Clarkson andC. W. Hervey, president and secretaryrespectively, and Mr J. S. Hawk'esvisited Oxford yesterday for the pur-pose of arranging for the residents -topro vide.lunch,on, that, day, which theyhave kindly promised to do. It is prorposed to motor to Ashley G/orge, wherelunch will be provided," and' "to- returnby Eangiora, where the men will tieentertained to afternoon tea by theEangiora residents.

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SECRETS OF STATE

" CHAPTER Xlll.—(Continued.)THE MYSTERIOUS MR MALTWOOD.

The case of Captain Henry Bellairshe had taken up merely because le re-cognised in it some unusual circum-stances, and without sparing effort' liehad investigated it rapidly and secretlyfrom every standpoint. He had satisfiedhimself. Certain knowledge that he pos-sessed was not possessed by any officerat Scotland Yard, and only by reasonof that -knowledge, had he beenable to arrive at the definite conclusionthat there had been a strong motive forthe'captain's death, and that if ho hadbeen secretly poisoned—which seemed tobe the case, in spite of.the analyst'sevidence—then he had been poisoned bythe velvet hand of a woman.

Walter Fetherston was ever regrettinghis inability to put any of the confiden-tial information he acquired into his'"books."

"If I could only write half the truth•of what I know, people would declareit, to be fiction," he had often assuredintimate friends. And those friends had

, pondered and wondered to what he re-ferred. ',•'..:. /

He wrote of crime, weaving those-wonderful romances which held breathj-

-•less his readers in every. 1 corner of theglobe, and describing criminals andlife's undercurrents with such fidelitythat even criminals themselves had ex-pressed wonder as to how and whencefie obtained his accurate information.

But the public were in ignorance that,in his character of Mr Maltwood, hepursued a strange profession, one whichwas fraught with more romance and ex-citement than any other calling a man■could adopt. In comparison with. hislife, that of a detective was really atame one, while such success had he ob-tained-.that\in a certain important offi-cial circle in London he was held- inhighest esteem, and frequently calledInto,consultation. >

/Walter Fetherston, the quiet reticentnovelist, was entirely different from thegay,' devil-may-care" Maltwood, the ac-complished linguist, thorough-going.cos-,mopolitan, arid constant theeasy-going man of means known in so-ciety in every European capital.

Because of this his few friends whowere aware of his dual personality werepuzzled.

AtHhe girl's side he strode on alongthe road which still led through thewood, the road over which every even-ing ruinbled the old post-diligence on itsway through' the quaint old town ofEtain.to the railway at Spincourt, Onthat very road a battalion of Uhlanshad been annihilated almost to a manat the outb/eak of the war in '7O, while■wjthin their sight was that mound•where General Lebas had been mortally■wounded by a shell fired from Boinvilleout at the edge of the 'forest.

Every metre they trod was historic]

mmmmmm BY WILLIAM LE QUEUX in

Author of "The Invasion of England." "Fatal Fingers" &c[Copyright.]

ground—ground which must one dayere long be trodden by the legions ofImperial Germany on their advancewestward and, alas! be strewn by theircorpses.

For some time neither spoke. At lastWalter asked, "Your step-father hasbeen up to the fortress with CaptainLe Poutois, I suppose?"

"Yes, once or twice," was her reply,eager to change the subject. "Ofcourse, to a soldier fortifications andsuch-like things are always of interest.""I saw them walking up to the fort-

ress together the other day," he remark-ed with a casual air.''What?'' she asked quickly. ''Have

you been here before 1?"

"Once," he laughed. "I came overfrom Commercy and spent the day inyour vicinity in the hope that I mightperhaps meet you alone accidentally."

He did not tell her that he had watch-ed her shopping with Madame 'JLg Pon-tois, or that he had spent several daysat.a small auberge at the tiny villageof Mareheville-en-Woovre, only twotwo miles distant."I had no idea of that," she replied,

her face flushing slightly."When do you return to London'?"

lie asked. ' '

"I hardly know. Certainly not be-fore next-.Thursday,,, as we have ama-teur theatricals at General Molpn 'si Iam playing the part of Miss, Smith, theEnglish in Harbour's com-edy *Le Pyree.' "

"And then you return to London,eh?""I hardly know. Yesterday I had a

letter from Mrs Caldwell saying thatshe contemplated going to Italy thiswinter, therefore, perhaps, mother willlet me go. I wrote to her this morniiig.

! The proposal is to "spend part of theI. time-in Italy, and then'cross fromNaples to Egypt. I love Egypt. Wewere there three winters ago, at Bhep-heard's."

''your .tather and mother will remainat home, I suppose?"

'•Mother hates travelling nowadays.She tays she had quite sufficient, ofliving abroad in my father's lifetime.We were practically exiled for years,

[you know. T"was 'born in Lima, and II never saw England till I -was 11. Thediplomatic service takes a family so out

t of touch with home.''"But Sir Hugh will go abroad this

winter, as usual, eh?""I have not heard him speak of it.

I believe he's too busy at the War Officejust now. : They have some more 're-forms' in progress, I hear,'' and shesmiled. '

He was looking straight into the girlts.;handsome face, his heart torn between llove and suspicion.

Those days at Biarritz recurred tohim; how he would watch for her andgo and meet her down towards GrandePlage, till, by degrees, it had becometo both the most natural thing in theworld. On those rare evenings tvhenthey did not meet, the girl was con-'scious of a little feeling of disappoint-

ment which she was too shy to jwneven to her own heart.

Walter Fetherstou owned it freelyenough. In that bright springtime theday was incomplete unless he saw her;and he knew that, even now, every hourwas making her grow dearer to him.From that chance meeting at the hoteltheir friendship had grown, and hadripened into somethiug warmer, dearer—a secret held closely in each heart,but none the less sweet for that.

After leaving Biarritz, the man hadtorn himself away from her—why, hehardly knew. Only lie felt upon himsome fatal fascination, strong and ir-resistible. It was the first time in hislife that he had been what is vulgarlyknown as ''over head and ears in lo\rc.''

He returned to England, and then, amonth later, his investigation of Henry•Bellairs' death, for'the purpose of ob-taining a plot for a new novel he con-templated, revealed to him a staggeringand astounding truth.

Even then, in' face of that secretknowledge he had gained, he had beenpowerless, and he had gone up to Moni-fieth deliberately again to meet her—tobe drawn again beneath the spell ofthose wondrous eyes.

There was love iii the man's heart..But sometimes it embittered him. Itdid at "that moment, as they strolledonward over that carpet of moss andfallen leaves. He had loved her, as hebelieved her to be a woman with heart,and soul too pure to harbour an evilthought. But her story of the death ofpoor Bellairs, the man Avho had lovedher, had convinced him that his sus-.picions were, alas! only too wellgrounded.

A silence had fallen between the pair.Again Walter Fetherston glanced at her.She was an outdoor'girt-to the tips ofher fingers. On her stepfather's shoot,up near Crieff, she-went out with theguns, not merely contenting herself, asdid the other girls, to drive down withthe luncheon for the men. She nevergot dishevelled or untidy,- and' her trimtweed skirt, short to the ankles, andserviceable boots peeping beneath, nevermade her look mannish or unwomanly,She was her"dainty-self out in the- coun-try with the men, as in the prettydrawing-room at Hill Street, and hermerry laugh evoked more smiles andwitticisms than the more studied at-tempts at wit of the others.

But at that momeut she had noticedthe change in the man she had sogradually grown to love, and her heartwas beating in a wild tumult.

. He, on his part, was hating himselffor so foolishly allowing her to stealinto his heart. She' had lied to himthere, just as she had lied to lain at'Biarritz. 1 And yet he had been a fool,and had allowed himself to be drawnback to her side.

Why? "she asked himself.' Why?There was a reason, a strong reason:He loved her, and the reason he was atthat moment at her side was to saveher, to rescue her from a fate which heknew must sooner or later befall her.

She made some remark, but he onlyreplied mechanically.- His" countenancehad, she saw, changed and become paler.His lips were pressed together, arid,taking a 1 cigar from his case, he askedher permission to smoke, and viciouslybit off its end. Something had annoyedhim. Was it possible that he held anysuspicion of the ghastly truth?

The'real fact, however, was that hewas calmly and deliberately contemplat-ing tearing her from his heart" for everas an object of suspicion and worthless.

He, who had never yet fallen beneath awoman \s thraldom, resolved not to enterblindly the net she had spread for him.His thoughts were hard and bitter—thethoughts of a man who had loved pas-sionately, but whose idol had suddenlybeen shattered.

She spoke again, remarking that itwas time she turned back, for alreadythey were at the opposite end of thewood, with a beautiful panorama ofvalley and winding river spread beforethem. But he only answered ; a trifleabruptly, and, acting upon her sugges-tion, turned aud retraced his steps insilence.

At last, as though suddenly rousing! himself, he turned to her and said inan apologetic tone. "I fear, Miss Enid,I've treated you rather—rather un-eouthly. I apologise. I was thinkingof something else—a somewhat seriousmatter.""I knew you were," she Jnughcd,

affecting to treat the matter lightly,i You scarcely replied to.mc."

"Forgive me, won't you?" he asked,smiling again in his old way.

"Of course," she paid. : "But—butis the matter \ory serious. Does it con-cern yourself? "

" Yes, Enid, it does," he answered.' And still slie walked on, her eyes castdown, much puzzled.

(To be continued.)

SWIMMING.NEW ZEALAND COUNCIL.

The council of tlic New Zealand Ama-teur Swimming • Association met lastevening, Mr F. Bowler presiding. Therewere also present:**Messrs F. L. Ander-son (South Canterbury), C. C. Bryant(Wanganui), F.' D. Stokes (Canter-bury), F. C. Fantham (Westland), B.O'Neill (Wellington), and P. N. Bun-dle (Otago), hon. secretary.

Applications were received, from thefollowing schools for the issue of chil-dren's certificates: —Christchureh Tech-nical School (."US bovs and 21 girls),Chilton House School, AVellingtou (2(5),Mount Eden, Auckland 036).

The secretary reported that the fol-lowing ruling had been given by thesubcommittee set up to deal with thematter of entrance fees:-—(1) Prizesmust be paid- to winners; (2) prizesshould be paid on or before June 30;.(.'!) entrance fees should be paid at thetime of nomination; (4) prizes must atno time be withheld pending the pay-ment of entry fees, as fees should be'paid before-hand, and responsibilityroasts with the promoting body.

The matter of an award being issuedto Trooper L. C. Penlington, for rescu-ing, under fire, a man who had beenwounded in the water, was referred tothe Royal Humane Society.

McLEAN INSTITUTE.

MEETING OF BOARD.

A meeting of the board of directorsof the McLean Institute was held inMr liilson 's office yesterday afternoon,when there were present: Mr n. Hol-land (chairman), his Lordship BishopJulius, the Revs. P. N. Knight and A.T. Thompson, Mrs If. Wilson, andMessrs G. Harper and F. Horrell.

The recommendation of the InstituteCommittee, that a contract for window-cleaning at Holly Lea, be let for a year,was adopted. ,

The appointment of a sub-matron atthe institution was left in the hands ofMrs Wilson and Mr Holland. Mrs Wil-son asked the board for a schedule ofher responsibilities in connection, withthe board work. After some discussion,the matter was referred to a specialcommittee. .

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. ger. ; * ■ :■•':"* "•: George Titheradge, whose health

1 has been very.unsatisfactory of late,has entered a private hospital inSydney. This year of war marksthe 50th year of that fine old actor'sconnection with the stage, and on

..Friday, December 10, the theatricalprofession and managements of

' Sydney united in celebrating his• jubilee by a complimentary souvenir

performance at Her Majesty's, Syd-- : ney. -It was a day of importance in

theatrical records, for it marked theabsolute farewelLto-the theatre Of

■ an actor whose talents have set him'■' high in the annals of the Australian

. stage.' Australian journals are ratherprompt to seize on notable New Zea-fanders and claim them as Aus-

tralians—Alfred Hill is one instance,and not long since the Sydney."Theatre" referred to Rosina Buck-man and Nora d'Argel, as "talentedAustralian singers." The latest in-stance is the claiming of the ex-Aucklander, Walter Kirby, by Mel-bourne "Punch" as "the famous

,Australian tenor."

: * The repertoire of the Royal Comic~i Opera Company, which opens at His'""Majesty's Theatre, Auckland, on De-

cember 27, will comprise six pieces.Two of the productions will be abso-

; lately new to New Zealand. The newy pieces are "Gipsy Love" and "The:'" Dancing Mistress," whilst" the pieces\<. fo be revived are "Ma Mie Rosette,"

Jones," "Our and•JThe Quaker Girl." The same com-pany will play throughout New Zea-

: land as played in Australia. John. Farrell will be business manager,•and "Charles Berkeley touring man-ager.

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- Harry 'Roberts was, at last notices,appearing in "Arrah-na-Pogue" with

\EJdith Bramley at the Adelaide Tivoli.Theatre.

Harrington Reynolds will revivethat sobbing melodrama "The Ros-

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on Boxing Day, playing his originalpart of Father Kelly. With him willbe associated Ethel Buckley, Valen-,tine Sidney, and Jean Robertson, andFrank Reis, Vivian Edwards, Hodg-!son Taylor, and William Thomson.

The dates of Wirth's Circus andMenagerie are:—lnvercargill, De-cember 21; Dunedin, during Christ-mas week; Christchurch, January10; Wellington, January 17. AfterWellington, the big show will visitevery town of importance en routeto Auckland.

Allen Doone's Melbourne seasonended last night, and the Irish com-edian proceeds to Hobart for aChristmas season.

Structural alterations costing over£IOOO are to be put in hand verysoon in His Majesty's Theatre,,Dun-edin, by the Fuller Proprietary.

Hugh J. Ward and his secretary,Claude McKay, returned to Sydneyfrom America by the Sonoma onDecember 7, accompanied by anumber of new artists engaged forJhe vJ.C.W. management to play inthe American successes selected byHugh Ward.

Nance O'Neil, the great Americanemotional actress, who jplayedthrough New Zealand some/yearsago, has been persuaded to abandonher contemplated theatrical tour,and has signed a contract with theLubin Company for her appearancein a series of feature pictures. Whatthe vehicle will be in which MissO'Neil will make her appearanceunder the Lubin banrier has not asyet been definitely decided upon,and before making decision therewill be a careful consideration ofthe stock of motion picture rights athand in the scenario department.

The following players are in thecast of "Stop Thief," an Americanfarce-comedy now being producedin Sydney by the J.C.W. manage-ment:—John Webster, Ehna Royton,Marion Marcus Clarke, Matee Brown,Fanchon Campbell, Beatrice Nichols,Plumpton Wilson, Gerald Harcourt,Herbert Leigh, Harry Sweeney, FredGambourne, Charles Wheeler, TomMacLarnie, and James Hughes.

The Williamson firm's latest,"crook" play of American origin,"Kick In," was staged for the firsttime in Melbourne at the TheatreRoyal last Saturday, with the fol-lowing players in. the cast: LincolnPlumer, Boyd Irwin, KennethBrampton, Gwen Burroughs, EilyMalyon, J. B. Atholwood, CharlotteIves, Leslie Victor, Maggie Moore,

jEileen Sparks, C. Bendrod, andIFrank Harvey.

Recently, "Madame BuUerfly" was

put on in London, Miss RosinaBuckman singing the title role, withMr Frederick Blarney, who was inthe Quinlan Opera Company, asPinkerton.

A start was made in Wellington afortnight ago on a piece of landexpending from Cuba Street to Mari-on Street, where a new picturetheatre is to be built. The sitechosen is a very central one, andought to command a fair share of thepatronage.

J. Bannister Howard, jun., whowas through New Zealand in 1912with a George Marlow Company, hasobtained a sub-lieutenant's commis-sion in the Royal Flying Corps.

Here is news of some Australianplayers (and others known to Aus-tralia and New Zealand) who arenow in America:—lvy Scott, whowas well known in New Zealandwith Wiliamsoii's Musical ComedyCompany, is married to a manager,and is now putting the finishingtouches on the rehearsals of "RobinHood," in which comic opera shewill tour as Maid Marion, MaryWorth, remembered as Aggie Lynchin "Within the Law," is rehearsing ina Winthrop Ames Company for aplay to be staged at the Little Thea-tre, New York. Charles Coleman isplaying in "The Natural Law," a sexplay, which goes on tour. DionTitheradge is to appear in a newproduction by William Brady. Leon-ard Willey is engaged for a dramaticversion of Stevenson's "TreasureIsland." Claude Fleming, someyears ago with Nellie Stewart, is thebaritone lead of a play called "Two'sCompany." Elsie Mackay, FannyDango's stepdaughter, is announcedto appear with Cyril Maude in"Grumpy." Leila Carmichael, a for-mer member of the Williamsonchorus, is in moving pictures, andismarried to one btf the Lubin Com-pany's directors.

Sir George Alexander (says theLondon "Chronicle") will be thenext stage player to play for thepictures, in, it is said, a film ver-sion of "The Gay Lord Quex." SirHerbert Tree has already appearedin three films, and is going to playout in "the Golden West" for Ame-rican-made pictures. Sir CharlesWyndham has done "David Garrick,"Mr Lewis Waller made his picturedebut in "Brigadier Gerard," andnow we are waiting for H. B. Irvingand Fred Terry.

W. A. Low, the well-known theatri-cal manager, who enlisted in Wel-lington a short time ago, but subse-quently-had a severe attack of acutebronchitis, is recovering. He hasbeen forbidden to go into camp forat least three months.

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DATES FOR DECEMBER.

Dec. 21, at St. Albans—Kerry's Band.„ 23, at Victoria Square—C.Y.C. Band.„ 28, at Limvood—Lyttelton Band.„ 29, at Sydenham—C.Y.C. Band.„ 30, at Victoria Square—Woolston Bund.

Two of the concerts set down forthis week had to be postponed, theLinwood concert on account ofthere being no lighting accommoda-tion on the rotunda, and the Vic-toria Square concert so that itshould not interfere with the RiverBank Carnival. The Linwood con-cert will take place to-morrow after-noon at 2.45, when the WoolstonBand will play the following pro-gramme:-r-March, "20th Century"(Ord Hame); cornet solo, "II Baccio"(Arditti); overture, "Poet and Peas-ant" (Suppe); Spanish intermezzo,"Maxixe" (Borel Clevc); symphonicpoem, "Coriolanus" (Jenkins); balletmusic from "Faust" (Gounod); de-scriptive piece, "A Sleigh Ride inAmerica" (Jullien); grand march,"Festival" (Bantock).

Musical Society.The Musical Society again appear-

ed, in public last Monday evening atHis Majesty's Theatre, the workproduced being "The Messiah." Thechoral singing was good'7'through-out, and, in many instances, was in-spiring. The orchestra was ratherweak in places, due to members be-ing absent, though, nevertheless, itacquitted itself very well, and han-dled the accompaniments judicious-ly. The intermezzos and the Pas-toral Symphony were very pleasing,but the choral work was the Kestof the evening's performance, andDr Bradshaw has every reason to bepleased with that section of thesociety's work.

Orchestral Society.On Wednesday night, at the

Theatre Royal, the Orchestral So-ciety gave its fourth concert of theseason. The programme was a lightone, and one of the shortest that thesociety has given\ Two of the or-chestral numbers were particularlywell rendered, the first being a clari-net solo (Weber's "Polacca"), playedin delightful style by Mr Dan Sin-clair. This is a difficult composi-tion, but the soloist: demonstrated,that he possessed the qualities of afirst-class artist. In response to arecall Mr Sinclair repeated the solo.It is a pity that this musician is notheard more frequently as a soloist,for his artistry merits a place on anyprogramme. The other excellentperformance was a trio for flute,oboe, and clarinet, played by threeof the best instrumentalists of theorchestra—A. Hutton, C. Schmidt,and D. Sinclair. The linking up ofthe phrases as they passed from oneinstrument to another was artisti-cally done, and the blend and com-bination was satisfactory, the wholepiece being highly pleasing. Thefinal march, '.'Zigane," was; brightand smartly played.

i Bandsmen Soldiers.Bandsman Evans, who recently

came from the West Coast and join-ed the Woolston Band,, has enlisted,also Mr Simpson, an Eb bass player,and an ex-member of WoolstonBand.The secretary of the 10th MountedRegimental Band, Blenheim, haskindy sent me particulars of mem-bers who are serving in the ranks.They are:—Sergeant-Major G. W.Sullivan (drum-major) with theMain Force; Sergeant E. Simpson(bass drum), with, the Main Force,but now invalided Home, and an in-mate of the Wairau Hospital; Lance-Corporal G. Harlow (solo cornet);Private W. Maxted (side drum); Pri-vate H. Philpots (Eb bass), and G.Thomas (3rd cornet). These lastthree were also with the Main Force.S. Hale (2nd cornet) went with theAdvance Party to Samoa, Corporal L.Holdaway (bass trombone) with theSixth Reinforcement, and Private N.Holdaway (tenor trombone) withthe Fifth Reinforcement. Private A.Mason (Eb horn), now Q.M.S. withthe Sixth Reinforcement, A. M.Thompson (secretary), now Q.M.S.with the Seventh, and Lance-Cor-poral G. Birch (bass trombone), onthe hospital ship Marama.

There are others in the band whohave enlisted, but who have not yetcommenced to train, and the namesof these will be published later. Sofar the Blenheim Band has donewell, no fewer than 12 members hav-ing already gone. Mr E. Rose, whowas at one time the band's conduc-tor, and later became its drum-major, has now got a very fine bandtogether, known as the "DefenceBand," in Blenheim. The HibernianBand has apparently died a naturaldeath, and it appears that several ofits members have joined the DefenceBand.

I cannot let this opportunity passwithout expressing sympathy withMr H. N. Holdaway, and the fam-ily, in the recent loss of his wife,whose death was sudden and unex-pected. Mr Holdaway is a very finehorn player, and was for severalyears a member of the BlenheimGarrison Band (now the 10th Mount-ed Regimental). This band owesmuch to this family of brothers whohave been its mainstay for the past10 or 15 years. Not only are theygood musicians, but they are, inevery sense of the word, first-classbandsmen, both in and out of theband room.

The Soldiers' Queen.In connection with the candidacy

of a Soldiers' Queen, in the QueenCarnival, which is now being dealtwith by the bandsmen of Christ-church and suburbs, a committeemeeting was held in the C.D.C.rooms last Saturday night. The

(By "Maestro.")bands represented were:—Woolston,Derry's, C.D.C., Sumner, and theRechabites. Mr W. W. Charters pre-sided, and Captain McGee, the secre-tary, was present. Sub-committeeswere formed, and three queens werenominated, of whom further infor-mation will be given later. MrSweeney was appointed chairman ofthe Bands' Section, and Mr Oakeswas proposed as secretary.

Timaru Garrison Band.Last Sunday afternoon the Timaru

Garrison Band gave its annual con-cert at the hospital, and in the even-ing another concert was given onthe rotunda in Caroline Bay, atwhich the hospital nurses took up acollection to provide presents forthe patients of the hospital.River Bank Carnival and the Bands.

Only a few of the bands got a fairproportion of their members for themorning procession. Woolston suc-ceeded in getting half their men, andheaded the procession. During theday the bands did their best to en-tertain the public. The Rechabiteswere assisted by Sumner, and theLyttelton B.and and the Territorialsjoined forces to keep the music go-ing. In the evening practically allpur local bands were up in fullforce, the order of the processionbeing: Lyttelton, the C.D.C., Wool-ston and Derry's. An unpleasant sur-prise was in store for them—that ontheir arrival at Hagley Park Mr S.Williamson and his glee party hadtaken the band's stand, and refusedto give it up to the bands, and theymonopolised the band stand thewhole evening. The bands hadturned out in full strength, in orderto make an interesting concertamong themselves, and had broughtspecial* music with them for thatpurpose. Mr Williamson, was ap-proached by the bands on the sub-ject, but refused to give up the stand.A number of the bands discussed theposition and the way they had beentreated, and passed a resolution onthe grounds that in future theywould not assist in any patrioticfunction, and wished the same to bemade public through The Sun BandColumn.

Mr Williamson was doubly in thewrong, for the programme distinctlystated that his party was to take parton the concert platform, and MrStarr-King also emphasised that factwhen the bands approached him onthe matter, but the glee party wouldnot budge. It is a scandalous shamethat our bandsmen should have beentreated in such a manner,for no outside function can berun successfully without them.There is no body of musicians whomake so great a sacrifice and workso-4iard, or go to so great ex-pense as bands, in order tokeep in playing form for the bene-fit of the public, and yet there isnone that receives so little encour-agement as bandsmen do. Bandsand bandsmen are a great asset toany city or town, and their effortsshould be recognised. l

GLEE PARTY NOT TO BLAME;

This matter was referred by a Sunrepresentative to Mr Williamson,who explained the whole matter sofar as he knew it. "I might say,"-hesaid, "that the Christchurch Gleeand Madrigal Society is also workingfor patriotic purposes, and since theoutbreak of the war we have givenup our time to helping the Red Cross-Fund. We have a membership ofCO v and probably have contributedjust as much to the funds as havethe bakds. With regard to the stand,we were written to by the MethodistChurches, who requested us to assistthem at the carnival. We agreed tohelp, and Mr Simpson, on behalf ofthe Methodist* Churches, said astand would be erected for us justoutside the Methodist tent. A,pianowas placed on the stand for us, andafter we had started somebody cameup, and stated that the stand was farthe bands. I referred him to MrSimpson and the Rev. Scotter. Istated that we had been instructedto perform on that stand. Later Ioffered that as soon as we had fin-ished the number we were then giv-ing, to go over to the other stand. Icalled Mr Estall, but he said it didnot matter. Mr Simpson reiteratedhis statement to me as to what wewere to do about 8 p.m. We did notrefuse lo give up the stand to thebands. I left the matter entirelywith the Methodist Committee—ithad nothing to do with me. I wasacting according to instructions.." .

Later The Sun representative sawMr \V. Simpson on the matter.

"Mr Williamson did not refuse togive up the stand," said Mr Simpson."As far as the stand is concerned theGeneral Committee of the Methodisttent appointed a Programme Sub-committee, of which the Rev. Scot-ter was convener, and I was a mem-ber. At our first meeting we decidedthat we would require a stand forthe Glee and Madrigal Society, andthe General Committee agreed tohave a stand erected in front of theMethodist tent."

"Definitely then," asked The Sunman, "the stand was not for thebands?"

"Definitely it was not for the.bands," replied. Mr Simpson. "Itwould not have been erected had wenot approached the committee. Weasked the Glee and Madrigal Societyto give a programme on that stand,and I was appointed to approachthem. I told Mr Williamson wherethe stand was, and told him that thestand was for the society to give itsprogramme from. Mr Williamsonreferred the band people to me whenthey came—Mr Oakley was thebands' man. Mr Oakley said thebands were appointed to play on thestand, and that the stand had beenerected for the bands. I replied:'This stand was erected by the

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THEAmateur GardenerGARDEN CALENDAR.

DECEMBER;Average rainfall, 2.12ia.

Under Glass.

Pot off seedlings and pot on the moreadvanced ones. Keep cinerarias, calceo-larias, primulas, and cyclamen in a coolframe, shading from hot sun, givingplenty of air day and night. Finishthinning- grapes, and keep the lateralsstopped. • Tie up and keep the lateralsrubbed off tomatoes. Plenty of ventila-tion will be required in all greenhousesand fnuthouses.

Outside.; Stake and tie up all plants requiring

-.support, and keep the garden tidy andthe paths clear of weeds. Lift bulbsas soon as 1 the foliage has turned brown,clean and replant, or store in a coolshed. Continue to sow culinary peasand French beans for succession. An-other sowing of runner beans should bemade. Keep up a succession of saladplants by sowing often in small quan-tities. Plant out-broccoli, cauliflower,and cabbage. Cease cutting asparagus.Keep the Dutch hoe constantly at work. I

Chrysanthemums.Chrysanthemums grown in pots

should now be put into their flower-ing pots. One of the most import-ant pofnts in the final potting ismaking {he drainage of the pots asperfect as possible. A good largecrock, the concave side downwards,should be placed.over the hole, andsome pieces, rather smaller, shouldbe evenly arranged around and overit, and then the crevices should befilled up with small pieces. Thecompost for this potting should bemuch more rough and fibry than thatused for the previous potthig, goodturfy loam that has been stacked forsix months, chopped up roughly withthe spade, to which should be addeda third part good well-rotted manureand sufficient coarse sand to keep itporous, adding a Gin potful of bone-dust and a 4in pot of soot to eachbarrow-load, mixing the whole to-gether thoroughly two or three daysbefore required for use. For gene-ral purposes, Sin and 9in pots arequite large enough.

If the soil is in good condition asregards moisture it can hardly beput in too firmly, ramming the soilwell down with the potting stick. Aspace of Hin should be left for top-dressing and watering. After theplants are potted they should bewatered, but care, must be taken-notto over-water. The soil should bekept a little higher rqund the sidesof the pots so as to facilitate thewater percolating through the ballof roots until they have taken pos-session of the new soil. Syringingand watering must have careful at-tention or the hot, dry weather willlikely induce premature bud forma-tion. '

Coping with the Aphis.Calceolarias!, cinerarias, and prim-

ulasshould be kept growing in ascool a place, as possible, but theymust have plenty of light and air.This dry windy weather is just the.,

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condition that favours the aphis, themos| deadly enemy of these plants.The most satisfactory means of rid-ding them of these pests is by fumi-gation, but it must be very mild orthe young growth and the edges ofthe leaves will be damaged. To givetwo mild fumigations with a fewdays' intervals between them is thesafest plan. A cool, calm eveningis the best time to fumigate, and theframes or house can be kept closeuntil morning; but ventilationshould be put on early and the plantswell syringed. On hot, bright dayskeep the atmosphere moist bysyringing between the -pots. Thiswill lessen the need of continuouswatering at the roots by checkingevaporation from the leaves.

The chief cause of failure to growand flower hippeastrums (amaryllis)successfully is neglect after flower-ing. The flowers appear either be-fore or with the leaves, and thepractice often adopted is to\pjish theplant into an out-of-the-way corneror under -the bench when the flow-ers are over. Now, as the floweringdepends entirely on the treatmentthat the plant is given after the flow-ering is past, success cannot be at-tained unless every encouragementis given to perfect leaf developmentby „ careful attention to watering,feeding occasionally .with weakliquid manure, and giving the plantsa warm light position close to theglass. They are such magnificentplants when well done, succeedingin an ordinary greenhouse with care-ful cultivation, and flowering at a jtime when good flowering plants are Ineeded, that a little more attentionshould be given to them. As longas the foliage can be kept freshand growing they should not be neg-lected, but as soon as it turns yellowwater should be gradually with-held.

General Garden Hints.Apricots on walls will require at-

tention as to summer pruning. Thelaterals and side shoots which growfrom the spurs should be shortenedback to about five or six buds fromthe base of the shoot, x if cut closerthan this there is great probabilityof the base buds starting: intogrowth, lay all growth in that isrequired for extension and thin outthe shoots.

Strawberry runners should belayered, the one nearest to the plantshould be chosen and the runnerstopped so thai only one plant isobtained from each> stalk.

When digging potatoes break theground down fine, and carefully takeout all small tubers^CThe soil willretain what moisture there is init and be more lit for further plant-ing if it is maintained in a wellpulverised condition. Keep theground surface loose and fine-amongst growing i-rops, and if anopportune shower comes "when po-tatoes are ready for earthing up takeadvantage of it and mould up thesoil while it is moist.

Cucumbers in frames or housesshould be growing strongly, anycrowded growth should be cut out,and the retained shoots trained outthinly. Plenty of water will be re-quired at the roots, but the watergiven should be as warm as the air

temperature. Any cause that lowersthe warm of the soil in which theplants are growing will cause theyoung fruits to damp off.

Newly-planted celery must nothave an excess of water until theroots are working well into thefresh soil. The richly-manured soilthat is required to grow celery willsoon go sour if it gets into a water-logged condition. A little shading,as that given by a few branchesplaced over the trenches, will oftenbe more beneficial than water.

The Antirrhinum.The wonderful advance in the col-

ouring of the antirrhinums hasbrought them prominently forwardas a first-class garden flower. Seedis now to be obtained at little costthat will give plants that come verynearly true to description, so thatthe old practice of striking cuttingsof any. distinct variety has verynearly gone out It is still donelargely by seed growers to. procurea number of plants of a new* varietyfor saving seed from, it is this prac-tice that accounts for the reliabilityof trueness to type.

Where it is intended to. save seedthe best varieties should be markedwhile in flower, and should it bewished to perpetuate the individualvariety, the lateral shoots, choosingthose about two inches long, strikevery freely if dibbled into a box orpan of light sandy soil, two inchesapart, and placed in a shady frameabout'the end of March. j

Pansies and Violas.Very much the'same remarks ap-

ply to these as to antirrhinums.There are some very fine strains ofpansies that will give a large per-centage of good flowers, and violaswill come fairly true to colour. Pro-pagation, unless a large quantity* is[required, and there is only one orjtwo stock plants, ,is best done byjmarking the selected plants, and

I when they have gone out ofcutting them back, and, when newgrowth has well started, taking themup, pulling them to pieces and plant-ing the divisions in a prepared bedof rich light soil, or planting themout in the border where they are toflower. If propagating by cuttings,those flowerless growths should bechosen that start up from the centreof the plant. They may often bepulled out with a small portion qfroot attached.

To get good strong plants forplanting out in the autumn an earlystart should be made, given thatsuitable cuttings are obtainable, apartially shaded site should bechosen for the cutting bed, if this isnot available shading must be re-sorted to until the young plants haveformed roots, which is quickly doneif the soil is suitable. A dusting ofslaked lime over the" bed beforeplanting, or the mixture of some oldlime rubbish or crushed oystersshells is a good practice, as the violasare lime-loving plants.

The name pansy and viola oftencause confusion. The botanicalname of the pansy is viola tricolour,while those which are called violasare largely this species crossed withV. cornuta (the Horned Viola), or V.alpestris. The violet is Viola odorata(the scented viola).

THEPOULTRYINDUSTRY

Answers to Correspondents."Perplexed," Christchurch, writes:

"Can you give me any advice in thefollowing matter: I have 11 pullets.They are housed in an open frontedhouse. Some lay a very dark-yolk-ed egg, others a much lighter yolk-ed egg, and during the 35 weeks theyhave been laying they have yieldeda weekly average of 57 eggs. I feedthem in the morning with householdscraps and potatoes mixed with branand pollard (one part bran to twoparts pollard by weight) with al-most a half handful of blood mealmixed with about 81b of mixture ofbran and sharps. Midday, alwaysa cabbage or large head of silverbeet, sometimes lawn grass cuttings.Evening meal is wheat. They havealways plenty of oyster shell grit tohelp themselves to, and plenty ofclean water. Often their eggs havewhat to me appears to be a heavyclot of dark blood in them. Theeggs are well shelled. The birds areWhite Leghorns, and have norooster with them. Is there any-thing wrong with them to cause thisclot in eggs Is my feeding wrong?"

Your system of feeding is good,but you are forcing too much. Amash fed each morning is too dras-tic, and it would be better to missone or two mornings a week. Theclot of blood is the danger signalindicating an inflammatory state ofthe oviduct induced by too heavylaying. Many poultrymen haveceased using blood meal and now\adopt meat meal, which is a balanc-ed food. The former is too rich inprotein, and cannot be used discrimi-nately by most poultry-keepers. Ifyou feed grain for a few morningsthe trouble will disappear. Yourdetails in housing are complete, andyou should meet with success.

"Enquirer," Merivale, writes:—"lhave been reading your notes onpoultry in the Saturday edition ofThe Sun, and I found them to be ofgreat help to me. I would like topresume on The Sun's good natureby asking a question. I have aWhite Leghorn hen, say about threeyears. She has a lame foot; between|the claws, right underneath, therelis a large lump—a hard, swollenlump which comes up through ateach side of the middle claw, and Isee now it is extending a little wayup at the back of the leg. Atfirst it had a black spot in the centre.I have tried several remedies, butwithout success. Gould you pleasegive me any information as to whatit might be, and how or what bestto do to it? The hen has been lamefor about six weeks. She has goodliberty to run about all day on asmall grass plot, good water to drink,soft food during the day, with grassto pick as she likes, and good feedof grain at nights.

Your bird is suffering from bumblefoot, induced by- irregular perches,or perches too high from the floor.By repeatedly jumping down fromthe perch, or by some other means,she has injured her foot, and de-,veloped the trouble. Coop her, andlance the foot, and apply a linseed|poultice. When the wound iscleansed of all foreign matter applycarbolic oil.

"Leghorn," Burwood.—You fail togive details. Write again, giving thenature of the swelling. It may becrop bound, or a watery swelling,or an injured breast bone.

"Indian Game."—The cause ofyour bird wasting away, and refus-ing food is through enteritis. It.can only be coped withbypurgativesand a germicide in the early stages.Your other bird 'is suffering fromworms. We always use a littleworm powder in the mash once aweek as a preventive against theseparasites.

Enterprising Poultrywomen.A short time ago two young ladies,

Misses Rouse and Sands, in Aus-tralia, announced that their settingswould be sold during October andNovember at 7/6 each, and the pro-ceeds devoted to the Wounded Sol-diers' Fund. These enthusiasts re-ceived £25. Their effort did themmuch credit, and should prove astimulus to others to follow theirexample.

The Value of Cleanliness.The want of cleanliness is the pri-

mary cause of most diseases amongpoultry. Houses, runs, brooders,yards, drinking Vessels and foodtroughs are often allowed to get intosuch a state that it would be a mir-acle to avoid disease. The secret ofavoiding disease is to keep every-thing scrupulously clean. Disinfec-tants should be used and as muchcare taken of poultry to keep themclean as it is possible to give them.

Aggressive Papers.The Bendigo "Independent" is or-

ganising a single-pen laying compe-tition, to commence at Rosedale EggFarm, Kangaroo Flat, Bendigo, onApril 1 next. There will be two sec-tions—heavy and light breeds—allfed on the wet-mash system. Onebird constitutes an entry, and theentrance fee is 7/6. The birds areto be housed singly in pens 4ft x 3ft.There will be three sheds facing east,each 210ft long. Each bird is tohave her own perch, nest, and watersystem. Yards 15ft x 12ft to everyfour hens will be provided, and thebirds will be let out in rotation dur-ing fine weather.

In addition to the "Independent"the Sydney "Daily Telegraph" hasgiven hundreds of pounds to egg-

FOR FANCIER, AMATEUR & POULTRY FARMEREdited by J. B. MERRETT, P.O. Box 588, Christchurch

laying tests that have proved sucheducative factors in poultry culture.

Maize Feeding.A great number of poultry-keepers

do not favour feeding maize throughthe summer but there are several in

trying an experimentthis summer or feeding one-thirdmaize of the grain ration, and they arepleased with results. Mr Waldron,an Australian authority, declaresthat best results are to be obtainedby feeding maize, but he makes aproviso that the birds must have ac-cess to an abundance of green food.

A Plea for Harmony.Years ago there existed an un-

friendly spirit between the fancierand the utility man, as it was claim-ed the former lost a great deal ofbusiness by the advocacy of the lat-ter. Things are better now. Thefancier rightly goes on his way inhis hobby; the other goes on mak-ing his ,living. A spirit of harmonyprevails, and old misunderstandingsare quickly disappearing. A well-known writer says: "The fancierand the practical poultrykeeper are jnot enemies, but friends, not Strang-1ers> but brothers, and if their rela-tionship were better understoodthere would be no friction betweenthem." As Britishers we have no,time now for petty things, and the jspirit of goodwill should prevail." '

No Sign of Cold Feet. jMr Sid Otley, a local popular

pigeon enthusiast, has enlisted. Hewas a noted breeder of Englishowls.

High Price of Feeds.In a few brief weeks the spirit of

the poultry-producers were encour-aged by the prospect of cheaperfeeds. > Pollard went down to £6;wheat back to 4/6. Prices have againhardened, pollard being £B, andwheat from 5/6 to 6/-. These priceswill lead to a heavy culling of theflocks, and mean a big sacrifice inthe production of eggs. To meetthese high prices eggs should beregulated; in the market, to give, aprofit. The want of union is the"weakness. Recently we have had in-stances of eggs being sold from 1/-to 1/4 a dozen. Producers squirmat a 10 per cent, rise in foods, butcalmly lose 20 to 30 per cent, inmarketing, and never murmur. Con- Jcentration of supplies and the equit-,iable adjustment of prices are mostjimportant in the industry at thepresent. J

Price of Poultry Foods and the.Value of Eggs.

Dear Sir,—l wish to bring beforeyour notice the following facts: Ear-ing the last 18 months the price ofpoultry'foods has been increased 50per cent,, but the price-of eggs is nobetter than last year. Under thepresent erratic practice of supplyingthe demand no improvement need beexpected. The price of eggs shouldbe according to the price 1 of foods,and this could be so if the producersw'ould concentrate supplies. Thepublic would recognise the fairnessof this, as they are aware the poul-trymen can make no profit at pre-sent food prices. If The Sun canhelp to accomplish this end it willconfer an inestimable benefit onpoultrymen;>^l;!may-say I keep 800birds for a living, and would supportany movement for concentration, asit is the most important need to-jday.—l am, etc.,

PRODUCER.Shirley, December 16, 1915.[We regret space will not allow of

our dealing with the subject thisweek. It is an important subject,and will receive "our attention in alater issue.—J.B.M.]

Mr Stead's Address.Mr Edgar Stead's recent lecture

was an intellectual treat. In his dis-course on the varieties of birds andthe distinctive colourations obtainedthrough breeding, he opened upmany of the principles enjoined JbyMendelian law, several of whichwere verified by his dissertations onthe characteristics and habits of thebirds. To the fanciers whom headdressed the subject was speciallyattractive. Many of them had prac-tical acquaintance in breeding, andcould verify results even though theymay be deficient in the scientific, lawthat produced the results. Mr Steadwent to considerable pains for theoccasion, and that he won the ap-preciation and gratitude of thosepresent was evidenced by the heartyapplause he was giveny

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v" ["Gardening the Inclination ofKings and the choice of Philo-sophers." Sir Win. Temple.]

gEDDING PLANTS.

NOVEMBER is the Month for Setting OutBEDDING PLANTS. We oiTer an immenseJiock of the following varieties, viz.:—

.

ASTERS, all colours, 1/- per dozen, 7/-per 100.

VERBENAS, Reds, Whites, Blues, andPinks, 1/6 per dozen, 12/- per 100.

LOBELIA, in best strains, 1/- per dozen,7/- per 100.

STOCKS, Ten-week, 1/- per dozen, 7/-per 100.

PETUNIAS, very choice strain, single, 1/0per dozen.

PETUNIAS, very choice strain, double, 2/-- per, dozen.

PANSIES, choicest varieties, 4/- perdozen. ,

VIOLAS, Yellow, Blue, Purple, and White,2/- per dozen.

MARGUERITE CARNATIONS, 2/- perdozen.

PHLOX DRUMMONDII, 1/- per dozen, 7/-per 100.

GERANIUMS, Rev. J. Atkinson, 4/- perdozen.

GERANIUMS, Tricolour, 5/- per dozen.SALVIAX COCCINEA, 2/- per dozen.NEMESIA; best colours, 1/C per dozen".SAfcPIGLOSSIS, 1/- per dozen.COSMEA, assorted, 1/- per dozen.

1/- in the £ Discount for Cash.

NAIRN 4. SONS,LINCOLN ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH.

Telephone 241. .379

JAMES H. ROBINSONNurseryman and Florist.

327 TUAM STREET. 'Phone 2914.

JLANTS Lent Out on Hire. Wreaths,Crosses, Bouquets, Sprays, and Button-

holes.ADE Up at Shortest Notice. Pot Plantsof all descriptions, including

�ALMS, Asparagus, Aspidistras, Ferns,Hanging Baskets, etc.

RIPE TOMATOES

A THING OF BEAUTYIS A JOY FOR EVER

So is a beautiful Pot Plant. Wehave thousands of these, includingAsparagus, Aspidistras, Ferns,Palms, and Flowering Plants invariety, suitable for the home oras/ a Xmai present to a friend.

Prices to suit all purses,from 1/- upwards.

W. BAYLISSBRYNDWR NURSERIES.100 JEFFREYS RD., FENDALTON.

'Phone 1703. *' .476

PURCHASE PICTURES ■For Christmas and New Year Presents

FROMMcCORMICK & PUGH

Picture Frame Makers and Arties' Coiourmen681 Colombo Street,

Phone 973 Works: Tuam Stre et

An Autographic

JA Kodak Picture-Makinggives delight to youngand old.

>AJKodak is the simplestand most covenient ofall cameras.The Kodak method

F • • ' means "daylight allthe way."

V PRICE LIST FREE.» Also ask for Booklet,"Kodaks for Xmas."

AutographicKodaks, From 35/-

KODAK (Australasia), LTD., Dixon Street, WELLINGTON.Lome Streetj-AUCKLAND. Stuart Street, E'TJU'EDIM".

GENTLEMEN!

Purely British Manufacture,-LIGHT OF-ASIA"

A delightful Cigar, very light, burns cool,- and is sweet andnutty to the last.

BAHADUR "BOQUET"A popular smoke, and highly recommended.

If your tobacconist does not stock them,Apply to the New Zealand Agents,

14 Bedford Row Chri&church

MIiRRiiTT'S POULTRY. SALEYARDSjForhigh prices. Prompt cash.JAll kinds of Produce, Wheat,Pollard, Grit, Chick Feed,Meat Meal at lowest rates.J. B. MERRETT & Co.206 Lam Street, Ch.Ch.

IS RAMPANT!Authoritiesstate thatone woman outof every three suffers from this dis-figuring and weakening complaint.Happily,a simple and sure remedy isaYallablein DoiVsGpitreSpecificThis homo treatment has been testedin every part of Australasia,and over3000 patients have testified in writingto its efficacy. Letters may be seenatMr. Doig's Pharmacy. For 10/6, onemonth's supply sent post-free anyaddress.AnrilfH Family Chemist,

• Ur\*PAV» nSAvenne,Wang«nni

JILVO" makes your Electroplate look' like Silver; lOd per tin.

DONT WORRYThe Largest Tailoring Firm in tne D<*minion offer YOU the sarneêfficient SuitService that to-day satisfies our manypermanent customers.Our Suit Business is built on the BedrockPrinciple of THE BEST VALUE AT THELOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE.They are Hand-Tailored to your indi-vidual requirements. Not a detail is over-looked in the making—not an opportunitylost of doing the work A LITTLEBETTER THAN IS NECESSARY.Call and see our splendid samples from£3 3/-. We will show you not only thematerial, but the trimmings we put in;we will give you some idea of the high 1'standard of excellence we have reached in

STYLE, AND FINISH.You can discuss the whole matter,withour Cutter, MB GEORGE J. DENNIS, acutter whose name stands as the HallMark of Satisfaction. He takes a special-interest in Your Particular Suit.

115 WorcesterStreet

ChristchnrchOpp.Goy.Bldgs.

fft 733 ColomboLf Street

Christchurch

MEL ORCHARD, Managing Director

What could be nicer orbetter than one of ourDomestic Electric Ap-pliances for a ChristmasGift. See our WindowsMBsmmmmnKMrnmam

Turnbull & Jones Ltd.

, CHAPMAN & CO.General Engravers, SpecialistsIn Memorial Brasses, StenoiL •

Cutters, etc.130 MANCHESTER,STREET

Corner Bedford Row

Emphatic Denial

to BOOTS that WEAR SBC 9 For Quality in Footwear Try gj

T.R.TAYLORCO LINCOLN Rd.,ADDINGTON c/>Prices Low . Quality High

WRIGHT'S RSI Certain Cure or 'Money RefundedI 7/- per bottle Pos* Free 7/6I FACTORIES, INDIANA, U.S.A.

Agent: W WHITE ft CO. - GrowsI 228 Manchester St. (Netrßhrer*.-

Use an LB. FumigatorBefore "Moving Day"

One never knows what sicknesses'have been nursed in strange bedrooms,-'nor what disease germs menace newtenants! Fumigate your future resi-"dence with Wiiton's LX, Fumigator,—a very simple apparatus which em-bodies the most scientific method ofl'

WmfiMiBTJl*6£lcL

i bacon, I beg to state that such is a | Jgf-gi low *

malicious falsehood, and that I cure only ■ for twelve niindred cubic feet. Octthe primeat Dairy and Grain-fed Bacon.' ■ one to-day! ''.

- ...».«..* n ■n A l * j t. B GEO. W. WILTON & 00,LTD, iftlxA.L WRIGHT, Pork butcher, Sydenham I christdnrch, wemngton,

Bargains in Cycles

ffinOT-WSfflFROM &S 10 O

BDiTTEN 407 Colombo st.Dill I I CIl SYDENHAM

"QGAL-QRE"-THE GREAT BRITISH COAL-S AVER

A Trial Packet for Sixpence- atHASTiE, BULL & PICKERING'S

CASH EL STREETBeware of Disappointing Imitations."Coal-Ore" sustains its claims. EveryPacket bears the London address:

Byron House, Fleet Stseet, E.C.

Carpet Beating by-Machinery isRUINOUS I

Oar Vacuum Process absolutely deansand renews any carpet RingPhone 2358VACUUM CLEANING CO.

\

MOTOR REPAIRS B¥EXPERT MECHANICSWe undertake repairs of anykind. We estimate our chargeson the actual time taken. We donot charge a week's work for one

day's time.Only expert mechanics employed.-

RAILWAY REPAmGARAG E (Opp. Station)

AVON DAIRY CO.J.rMIT£D

23 MANCHESTER STREETWe buyers of Cream.

Highest prices given. Accurateweight and test guaranteed.

lQd.per tin. British made.rim riAt uhxsm as mi jmmmmmmm

ilis;idon^t-.tamper\with it; cure it with'Barnetfs ■ Remedy, 2/6. '':■ . -''-..

Polish; lOd per tin.

The, SMsfytnCjCup

«

NFUSE Liptons Tea in an *

earthenware teapot withfreshly boiled water, giving

it five minutes only to infuse;sugar to taste, add cream ormilk, and you will then know theflavor of a really GOOD TEA "

—the tea which is enjoyed byRoyalty and drunk in almostevery civilised country in the world.Q While people on -one side of the Nearth's surface are regaling them-

selves with Liptons Tea for breakfast, *

in other countries its refreshing flavoris bsing enjoyed at the evening meal.The sun perpetually shines on LiptonTea drinkers the World over.

Q Try Uptons Tea to-day. Once you get accustomed to i** super-lative flavour you will never again buy the essentially ever-varying ordinary quality brands common only to every localmarket.Red Labd Tea 1/8Green Label Tea 2/-

Liptons Golden Ceylon 1/fOLiptons Golden Ceylon 2/3

suppliedtoK-M thiKing

OBTAINABLE FROM ALL LEADING GROCERS.

Canterbury Agents: DAVIDSON & WAUCHOP, Madras St., Ch/Ck

fcIAMOND HARBOUR FERRY.

TIME-TABLE.Leave Lytteltou: a.m., 7.40, 10.30; p.m., 2.0,4.25, 5.50.Leave Diamond Harbour: a.m., 8.0, 10.55;

p.m., 2.50, 4.45, 6.45.SUNDAYS.—Leave Lyttelton: a.m., 10.0;

p.m., 1.30, 3.0, 4.45, 5.30. Leave Dia-mond Harbour: a.m., 10.30; p.m., 2.40,4.20, 5.10, 6.35. .655


Presents For Young And To Suit Everyone At Prices Always The Lowest

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SIDE CLASP *BAGS 1/11 each

SIDE CLASP MOROCCO. .6/6, 8/6 each

TOP CLASP BAG, leather lined.. .2/11PLEATED BAGS 4/6 each

KODAK BAGS 6/9 eachLeather lined, outside pocket 10/6

KODAK 8AG5......... 12/-, 15/-, 20/-REAL PUMA 8AG5....... 15/- to 55/-BEADED BAGS

SATIN BAGS... - to 3/6

I' flllfefPLEATED BAG, fitted, 20/*

KODAK:BAG; 16/6

ITO^^ J'^#flpJiMliifiSSM

PLEATED BAGS, 4/6 to 50/-

PLAIN MOROCCO BAG..'.. .7/6SMALL ARMLET BAG 4/9AMERICAN VANITY 8AG5..... .40/-VANITY CASE AND PURSE—

Nickel . .7/8, 10/-VANITY BAG AND LADIES' CIGAR-

ETTE /CASE 12/6, 20/-CHILDREN'S SHOULDER BAGS—-

-1/6 to 2/11PEGGY BAGS at aU prices.

PUR5E5........KODAK BAGS.SQUARE BAGS.

/16/6, 20/-..10/-, 15/-, 20/- ,

___. W^ra-tMrtfc&i-.

,„^.—_—^ffngnxcirt&rir?._ _ „ --*--- - -..- . WrtorSfsr^^t-S-iFj

CHAIN BAGS, 2/6 to 20/-

SILVERPENCILSl/-to 4/6 ..,,.,-

PEARL PENS1/6

WATCH CHAINSMexican Silver, 1/11 each Sterling Silver, 8/6 to 11/6

Rolled Gold (10 years' guarantee), 7/- to 15/- '

r n\k

FANCY CI CCE, >i/ti

CLOCKS FOR GIFTS.Ansonia Clocks, lovely

'>-. designs... ilO/- to 60/-Ccpper Clocks 5/6 to 9/6Enamel „

" 10/-to 20/"-Pirate Ansonia 5/6Big 8en..........,12/6Every Clock GuaranteedMidget Clocks. .2/6 each

Medals, r. gold 3/6 to 10/-Medals, sterl. silver. :5/6Fob Pendants 5/6Fob Chains... 3/6 to 20/-Pendants 1/- to 2/6Matchboxes. .1/- to 10/-

, . Saver'n Cases l/-to2o/-i Lockets. .< 2/- eacht PHotOr'Pendants 1/-to 6/6

Ribbon Watch -Guards—

3/6 to 6/6Leather Guards 6d to 1/-

MEDALS, 3/6 to 10/-

MATCHBOX, 1/- each

SMOKER'S COM-PANION, 6d

Matchboxes, plated—-1/- to 3/6 each

Silver, Boxes, .5/- to 10/-Rolled Gold. .3/6 to 10/-Wonder Pipe Lighters—-

1/6, 2/-Trench Pipe Lighters—-

1/6, 2/-Smoker's Companion 6d

Electric Torch 5/6

Change Purse 1/-Coin Box 4£dMoney Eox. 2dPencil Cases. .2d to 1/6Pencil Sets. 6d to 2/-Pipe Fillers 9dCigarette Holders 6d

„ l/.to'lO/-Ash Trays 4sdSilver Thimbles from 1/-Pudding Sets 1/6Raz0r5.......2/- to 10/-Safety Razors 1/6to 25/-

HANDKERCH'F SACHETS 1/6 to 10/-ATTACHEWRITING CASE SPECIAL "... .2/3POCKET 800K5....

WALLET5.........POUCHES.....CIGARETTE CASES.

CIGAR CASES......

....6d to 3/-. .2/6 to 20/-. .9d to 20/-

. .1/- to 12/6~3/6 to 10/-

CIGAR HOLDERS from 1/- each

SOVEREIGN PURSES 1/- to 10/-MILITARY BRUSH, in case, 3/6to 25/-HAND MIRRORS. .1/- to ,35/-HAIR BRUSHES. .J/r t? r

SILVER BRUSHES (SPECIAL) 10/6BRUSHES, EBONY. 5/6 to 25/-

ART BROOCHES. 6d to 3/6ENAMEL BROOCHES..... .1/6 to 4/6BLACK 8R00CHE5.........9d to 5/-

Bead Necklets. .6dPearls. .1/- to 10/-Muff Chains... 1/6Lovely selection—-

all kinds beads.mwg?1

PRETTY 1/6.

Studs from 4sd doz.Silver Studs.... 1/- eachStud 80xe5..... 1/- each

BOXES PERFUME. 6d to 12/-BOXES STATIONERY . .6d to 5/6COLLAR 80XE5...-........1/6 to 10/-HANDKBRCHIEF BOXES. . .1/-to 4AGLOVE BOXES. 1/-to 4/-WORK BASKETS, all prices.

WALKING-5T1CK5.......5/- upwards

AMERICAN PICTURES... .1/- to 10/-FOUNTAIN PENS 6d to 4/-SWAN PEN 5.....................12/6ONOTO PENS. .15/-AUTO BOOKS.POST CARD ALBUM .1/- to 4/6BIRTHDAY BOOKS from 1/-MUSIC CASES. 4/6 to 10/-BOXES SOAP 1/-

meEE®;--MAW&>w*&G

l/-to 4/6

BABY BROOCHES l/- to 5/6 each

EARRINGS FORI GIFTS.I Silver" Drop 2/9 pair' 9ct. Gold Pearl... .5/6 P.R.I Large Pearl Drop .2/6

Jet Earrings.... .1/6 to 3/-Coloured Stones.. 1/- to 2/-

I Earrings for Pierced Ears,Nice, Selection.

PIPES from...:TLOEWE PIPES from.

V-.6d

PIPES IN CASES 3/6 to 20/-BOXES PAINTS. ...6d to 1/6BACK COMBS. 6d to 2/6HAIR SLIDES. 6d to 2/-HAIR PINS, all prices, latest designs!

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WATCHESOur present stock, which has just beenprocured by our Mr McKenzie whilst inEngland, are all specially tested, andevery one carries a written guarantee.WRISTLETS .V......... .10/6 to 60/-GENT5'...................6/- to 70/-ANSONIA (12 months' written guaran-

tee) ...:;...:........;........;'. ...6/-WALTHAM WATCH, silver case (5

years' guarantee)..............55/-ELGIN WATCH (5 years' guaran-

tee) ..........'.............. .. .50/-

SET GENTS' BRUSHES, silver17/6 set •

BRUSHES from 1/- to 20/-

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SUGAR AND C&EAMe.p; TEAPOTS.^...;...TEA SETS fr0m......BUTTER DISHES..... .

.JAM DISHES. .........

JELL1E5...,.......;.?.HONEY JARS.... ......*

TRINKET BOXESBUTTER COVERS.... .

JAM SPOONS. .....

CAKE FORKS from....BREAD FORKSPEARL HANDLE.......

.........10/6~10/6 to 30/-..,....:..20/-.\ . 75/- to 15/-..3/6 to 10/-...5/- to 15/-

...1A to so/-;. :..l/-1630/-...'.;. 1/- to 2/6...........1A....1/- to 4/-.....1/6 each

Toy DepartmentOur window spa«e being limitecti weunable to show; our complete range ofTOYS. It wild pay you to call-in be-fore procuring elsewhere, our prices be-ing half-priceVSTERLING TOY BUILDERS from. .3/6

(Quite equal to Meccano).PATRIOTIC GAMES from.... .1/- eachTEDDY BEARS from. 2/- eachAMERICAN DOLLS 2/3 to 30/-SPECIAL LINE LARGE AMERICAN

DOLLS (Baby, Jockey, Sailor),21/- eachThese Dolls are Unbreakable..

TOY FURNITURE.. 1/6, 2/6, 3/6, 10/6The Best Values in Town.

HOP-HOP T0P5........ ■ ..... 6d eachDOLLS' PRAM5...........8/6 to 13/6

Specially Made.INSPECTION INVITED.

CHATELAINES E.P. fr0m........5/6ALUMINIUM & E.P. SPEC. CASES

from 2/-

SpecialitiesCashmere Bouquet Soap ... .1/-Cashmere BouquetPowder;. 1/-Golgate's Dental Powder. .1/-

Wright 's Coal Tar.;,..... 7dLullaby Soap, 5 cakes..... 1/-WiUiams? Shaving Stick,".. 9d

." Vinbh> Stick. :".:. ,?dPear's Unscented Soap... .5d

Pear's Violet Powder..... .5dPear's Fuller's Earth....:.sd

Rolled GoldBangles in lovely assortmentSilver Bangles..'.',, .1/- to 8/6Coral Bangles. .4£d to 9dSpecialLine Child's Silver Bangles 1/6Necklets, lovely variety, with pendants

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Colgate's Shaving.Writing Pads.Enve10pe5.........Cloth Brushes;....Sponges."... v.. ■'.'."..Tooth Brushes.....Shaving BrushesNail Brushes.......

.......1/-.5 for 1/-

.5 pkts 1/-........6d..6dto*s/-..3d, to 1/-.sdto 10/-...3d each

PERFUMESAssorted..AssortedAssorted

Cashmere......R. Gallet's? Wallflower...

Carnation....Yârdley's......Nell Gywnne,

.......3d

.......6d. v .....1/-......1/6

....3/6, 1/6.....3/6, 1/6.........5/6Enchantress,

April Violets, Fancy Boxes,6d to 12/-.

SHAVING SETS & MUGS,From 1/- to 50/-.

Christmas Shopping by PostSaves Time and Money

Orders from Country Custom-ers Carefully Attended and

Promptly Despatched

LOVELY BANGLE, 7/6 '■ .

JTiHWiiHiiti-rrrfTi

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MANICURE SETS, in Silver, E.P„ *..

Ebony, Ivory, at very low prices—-From 2/6 to 60/- . '�

IÂ^; Vft>,;i'^"i

LOVELY. SET, 17/6HAIR BRUSHES, in cases, in Silver;

Enamel, Ebony. Lovely Goods.

■ ?■>■ •/■ v,?':;'■/;'■-. ;:

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PIPES IN LOVELYSELECTION.ALL BEST ._

MAKERS.

8R1AR5..;...,........ROPPS;.... .... ......

in ca5e5.:.......LOEWE PIPES, from....

.... .6dto 3/-....6d to 1/2...3/6 to 20/-

TOBACCO 80XE5...........9d to 2/6

BRUSHES..;.... L........:!/- to 20/^- Mirrors to Match.

E;P. BRUSHES, fr0m...... .4/6 to 20/-SXLVER BRUSHES, from. .10/6 to 30/-EBONY BRUSHES, from. .4/6 to 20/-IVORY BRUSHES, from... .5/6 to 30/-

W^

W7^*TA J

INKWELL, 1/6 to 20/-.

Only OneAddress :

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iBRANCHES: DUNEDIN, GEORGE ST. & PRINCESS ST. INVERCARGILL WANGANUI

Head Office: 52 Willis Street, Wellington.TIMARU PALMERSTON NORTH

THE SOCIAL ROUNDChristchurciT can;''lax :- claim to;; some

;; very clever'amateur"actors and: a'tttressesamongst the juvenile " element, a factthat was amply demonstrated at the

i pantomime last evening; Fairies, cpur-'tiers, gypsies,, court • ladies, kings and:queens were gloriously mixed up in apantomime pot-pourri that occupied acouple of hours delightfully, all, the chil-dren doing wonderfully well in their re-spective niches. Mention must be madeof the orchestra, which performed muchuseful work. Miss Irene Morris actedas ; leader, other members being MissedDaisy Creswell, Vera Barker, Butter,Lalla Hemus, Mesdames A. W. Minson,T. Joll (accompanist), Messrs S.,Smith,Alfred Lawjenc6, ;W. E. Withers, Gpod-

• child, Hutton, A. S; Mazey, Timms, Lan-' ham, Crawford,' and E. Sv Bell (direc-tor). '■'■'•■..-■ .:* ■:-■-• ■;; ■

* Mr and Mrs 1' Bpbei't -Felwick (Auck-, land) are Visiting Christchurch.

Mr and Mrs Eoberts (Ashburton),Who have been in Christchurch for thelast few daysy went on to Akaroa thismorning.

Mr and Mrs D. C. Turnbull (Timaru)I are coming up to Christchurch this .af-

ternoon for the week-end.U Mr and Mrs D. W. Duthie (Welling-'

: ton) are visiting Christchurch.■:.'- The Mayoress (Mrs Holland) desires

that the people of Canterbury be re-minded of the Christmas Sinner scheme•for the soldiers at present in camp. Thelocal branch of the Lady LiverpoolFund has undertaken to provide; Christ-mas dinner for 1500 men (that being

* Canterbury's quota), which means that.1500 half-crowns will be needed. TheMayoress will therefore be glad to re-ceive donations for this purpose, andintending contributors are asked to re-member the adage of giving quickly, asthe time between this and Christmas isvery short. Camp-life has many hard-ships and drawbacks, and all who canspend Christmas comfortably in theirhomes should gladly contribute tomake this one day of the year a jollyone for all in khaki.

For the first time in months, there, was no musical Bed Cross Tea this week.

I Everyone was so occupied with Biver5 Carnival work that tbJjre was no time|ifor anything else. In view of the factJithat Christmaa .occurs, next week, andlltnany people will seize the opportunity'to get away from town for a fewweeks, it is probable that the teas willfurther lapse until after the holidays.

Dr Elizabeth Gunn has been ap-pointed to the medical staff at Tren-tham, with the rank of captain. Sheis the first woman doctor to receivethis distinction, in New Zealand.. , ~

Miss G. Millais (Wellington) is visit-ing friends in Christchurch.'

Mrs F. M. B. Fisher arrived in Christ-church this morning, en route for Tim-;aru. She was accompanied by her twolittle girls.

News from Home states that at thebeginning of the year Miss K. Con-stance Barns (Christchurch) will en-ter St. Thomas's Hospital, London, fortraining. Her sister will train at theQueen Charlotte Hospital.

'.. Mr and Mrs von Haast (Wellington)have gone to Mt. Cook for'the' holi-days.

Mrs Hardcastle and Miss DorothyHardcastle have gone back to Timaru,after a visit to Wellington.-Mr and Mrs Livingstone (Christ-

church) are visiting Wellington.The wedding took place at, St. Mafyi

Abbott's Church, Kensington, thisweek, of Lieut. Graham F. Michie, BthMiddlesex Begiment, only son of Mrand Mrs A. Michie, late of Dunedin,and Miss Mary Maclean, of Napier,who arrived by the Botorua a few daysago (writes a London correspondent onOctober 29).

A very pretty wedding took place re-cently at the residence of Mr T. W.West, Strathblane, Cashmere Hills, whenMr Percy B. Kelly, son of the late Cap-tain Bichard Kelly, of the Shaw, Savill,and Albion Line, and Mrs Kelly, ofForest Gate, Essex, England, was unitedin marriage to Miss Elizabeth A. Keefe,daughter of Mr and Mrs Keef e, of Giin-dagai, New South Wales. The bride,who looked charming in a gown ofcream satin, with a ninon overdress,caught up with cream ribbon and orangeblossom, carried a shower bouquef ofChristmas lilies and sweet peas. MissBeryl Marsden acted as bridesmaid, andlooked very pretty in a cream silk dress,and carried a bouquet of pink and whitesweet peas. Miss Bita King and MasterBay ;West;.acted-as -train-bearers. MrB. Bunker was best man. Mrs West,sister of the bride, wore a handsomecream satin gown with lace overdress.The;Key. Chancellor Price officiated atihe ceremony, after which the guests,numbering. about 60, were entertainedby Mr and Mrs West. The bride andbridegroom were the recipients of alarge number of handsome presents.

Every day adds to the numbers ofkhaki-clad men wearing badges fromthe overseas Dominions which are rapid-ly becoming familiar to all, says a Lon-don writer. One of the most interestinghaunts of the Australian wounded isthe Endell Military Hospital. The placewas once a workhouse, but it was turnedinto a hospital on the outbreak of war,like many another public building inthe London area. It is staffed and man-aged entirely by women, and has arisenout of the women's hospital organisedat the beginning of the war by Dr Gar-rett Anderson, Miss Beatrice Harra-den, Miss Elizabeth Robin, and otherwell-known suffragettes. The porter atthe gate of Endell is a woman, in theneat khaki uniform of the Women'sHospital Corps. Inside are a numberof women orderlies in the same uniform.The resident and visiting doctors andsurgeons include some of the best-known . women practitioners in GreatBritain. The men cannot say enoughabout the skill and kindness they havereceived at Endell Street, and thepraise is the more sincere because themen were quite unfamiliar with theidea of a woman doctor until thechances of war brought them to London.

Dr Stephen, the Bishop of Tasmania,summarised the duties and opportuni-

,ties of women lately, and said that theoutstanding feature of the civilisedworld to-day was the part being playedby women. They had the hardest part,as they had to undergo watching andwaiting in great anxiety. The workthey were doing for the Bed Gross andother societies was magnificent. Theyshould all endeavour to set an exampleand avoid extravagance in dress' andamusement, and curtail all luxuries asfar as possible. They-should train thechildren to unselfishness, and encouragethem to do something for others, insteadof following the ordinary routine' ofamusement. The part of women, also,was to maintain the national spirit,.asit greatly strengthened our forces in thebattlefield. It was essential that weshould keep up the morale of the nationif the war was to be successfully con-cluded. They must see that the soulof the nation continued sound andbrave, in spite of temptations to ar-range a premature peace, and it was forthe mothers to say that we should nothave peace till the right time comes.

At the time of his accident in France,the King was attended by two nurses,one British, Sister Edith "Ward, and theother Canadian, Nurse Vivienne Tre-mayne. Sister Ward was obtainedfrom a Trench hospital barge, and theCanadian nurse from the Canadianclearing hospital, and, although select-ed quite fortuitously, it was a singularcoincidence that Sister Ward was thenurse who attended King Edward dur-ing his attack of typhoid.

LIFE-SAVING.■ /

RECENT AWARDS.

An examination for'various degreesof in life-saving was heldat the Municipal. Baths recently,, andthe following awards were granted:—

Normal Training College.Honorary Instructors' Certificates. —

Christina Mailing, Ernest Mauger.Bronze Medallions.—rHenry W. Gour-

lay, Douglas J. A. Iverach, Geoffrey A.Eevell, Robert H. G. Storey, KathleenFitzgerald, Robina Spratt, Eleanor Poin-ton, Dorothy Turvey, Ruth Walker.

Proficiency Certificates.—Henry W.Gourlay, Douglas J. A. Iverach," GeoffreyA. Revell, Robert H. G. Storey, KathleenFitzgerald, Robina Spratt, Eleanor Poin-ton, Dorothy Turvey, Winifred Black.

Elementary, Certificate. ■— AdelaideBruce.

Christehurch Girls' High School."Bronze Medallion.—Marjorie S. Ar-

chey.-Proficiency Certificates.—May Hamp-

tonkßita E. Edmonds, Ethel M. Gilpin,Gracte E. Adams, Selah M. Robinson,Jean X). Smith, Mary J.' McDonald.

SUN SKETCHER COMPETITION.

The prize of one guinea offered byThe Sun to the competitor identifyingthe caricatures in the-Eose and EiverBank Carnival programme was won byMiss.Winifred H. Eapley, c/o N.Z.Farmers' Co-operative,. Association,Christchurch. Miss Eapley identified44 out of 48 sketches. -. The next mostsuccessful competitors yere: Miss 1Doreen, Merivale Laiie, Christchurch!and Miss Margaret Mc&ui're, c/o G.P.0.,;Christchurch, who identified 43 each. A-cheque for £1 1/- has been forwardedto Mis 3 Eapley.

TEMPERANCE ESSAYS.

W.C.T.U.'S PEIZES.

The Christchurch Women 'a Temper-ance Union recently offered for competi-tion among the public schools of Christ-church a number of prizes for the bestessays on the subject matter of thetemperance wall sheets. The prizeshave been awarded.as follows:—

Standard Vl.—Boys: B. Foster 1, J.Hartigan 2, Tom Mortlock 3/ Girls:Irene Leaver 1, Gladys Jones 2, JessieHamilton 3.

Standard V.—Boys: Frank Caughley,1, Harold Queree 2, Eoy Smith 3. Girls:Bessie Browne 1, Beryl Parlane andTrixie Newnham 2 (equal), Eena Early3. /\-- ■. -

Standard IV.—Boys: Willie Stafford1, Frank Kay 2, Eoy Noonan 3. Girls:Marjorie Sneesby 1, Minnie Schwebe 2,Alma South 3.

Special prize for best essay.—lreneLeaver.

CHRISTMAS CHEER.

FOE SOLDIEES IN CAMP.

Mrs H. Holland (president of the localbranch of the Lady Liverpool Fund)acknowledges the following subscrip-tions to the fund for providing Christ-mas dinner at the camps:—Mrs H. Hol-land 5/-, Mrs and Mrs E. G. Eawnsley(Sumner) 5/-, Miss Warnock (Kil-linchy) 2/6, Mrs Wyles 2/6, Miss Hey-wood 2/6, Mrs and Mrs J. S. Neville 5/-,Miss 2/6, Miss Knight 2/6, Mrand Mrs Hastings Bridge 5/-, MissBroadway 2/6, Mrs G. E. Way 5/-, "Ric-carton" 5/-, Miss Thomson 2/6, Mrand Mrs Bead 5/-, "Three Friends"7/6, No Name 10/-; total, £3 10/-.

Further donations towards this fundmay be left at the City Council Officesand will be acknowledged in the dailypapers. The number of men to providefor is roughly about 1500 for Canter-bury 's share of the expense.

BELGIUM RELIEF FUND.

BELGIAN CONSUL'S LIST.Mr Cyril J. Ward (of Kinsey and Co.,

Ltd.), Acting-Consul for Belgium atChristchurch, begs> to acknowledge re-,

thanks, of the following do-nations to the above fund: —Previouslyacknowledged £9368 10/2, Miss Packer(monthly) 10/-, Mr and Mrs Yates(monthly) 8/-, Miss E. (Sumner) 3/-;total received to date, £9369 11/2.

LODGE MEETINGS., I '

~ ',J '" ml "i ill! i7i*i 1 « 13MCISTLETOE LODGE," No 3, U.A.O.D.

The "half-yearly summoned meeting oithe Mistletoe Lodge, No 3, U.A.O.Dwas held on Monday last, A.D. Bro.Elliot being in the chair.: Sick pay," £l2 14/8, and other ac-counts amounting to £35.13/2, werepassed for payment. The .balance-sheetfor the half-year, showing an increasein the funds of was receivedand adopted. : , HThe elections of officers resulted asfollows:—A.D., Bro J. W. Batley; V.A.,Bro. Gossling; secretary, Bro. G. F. Bat-ley; treasurer, Bro. -Ived;*'M.S. Bro; MetLay; AiD.B., Bros. Allan, and Donald-json; V.A.8., Bros. Carter and Sand-ford; 1.G., Bro. Lightfoot; P.G., Bro.Murphy; G.L. Eepresentatives, Bros.Talbot, Ives, and McLay; DispensaryDelegates, Bros. Falck and Talbot. .

The installation was conducted* in amost impressive manner by the D.P.Bro. Marriott, assisted by P.G.P. Bro.Kennedy, The various officers return-ed thanks for their election.

A.D. Bro. Batley asked the lodge toaccept his resignation, as he had beenaccepted for service at the - front, andwas leaving for Trentham on- Wednes-day. The resignation was acceptedwith mingled expressions of regret andgoodwill. Bro. J W; Baty was thenelected to the vacancy, and was dulyinstalled by the D.P., after which hepresented Bro. Batley with a wristletwatch, as a token of the esteem inwhich he was held by the brethren ofthe lodge. Bro. Batley feelingly re-sponded and thanked the brothers fortheir kindness.

The lodge then adjourned for har-mony. Songs were contributed by Bros.Marriott and and a. recitationby Bro. McLay.

PERSONALS.

Major Fitzgerald arrived by theMaori this morning.

Sir Francis Bell was a passenger fromthe north this morning. • <

A New York message records thedeath of Captain Condon, an ex-Fenian.'

Colonel C. J. Cooper returned fromthe north by the Maori this morning.

Captains Collins, Chapman, and Haw-kins arrived from the north this morn-ing- « ,|

Mr Robert Fenwick, of Auckland, isstaying at Warner's Hotel. He arrivedin town this morning.

Captain Post and Mr J. Macpherson,Troopship Supervisors, were passengersby the Maori this morning.

of the staff of thdFeilding High School, has been appoint :ed an assistant master at Christ's Col-lege.

Mr B. C.'Zimmerman has/left forDun-edin to enter upon ari engagement asconductor for the Shipman Picture En-terprises." Visitors to Christchurch staying atthe United Service.Hotel include MessrsC. H. Tuff (Timaru) and Robert Bell(Ashburton).

Mr William C. Chatfield, of Welling-tohfis visiting Christchurch. He arriv-ed.'in town this morning, and is stayingat the Clarendon Hotel.

Corporal G. W. Guthrie, 4th HowitzerBattery, who was last reported, as beingdangerously ill, is now convalescent inthe 19th General Hospital, Alexandria.

Chaplain-Captain George King, ofPleasant Point, who is returning to NewZealand on military duty, is on board aship which is expected to arrive at PortChalmers oji Monday.

Captain Anderson (Burnham) andMessrs E. E. Le Lievre-(Akaroa),. -HiWilkins (Akarda), and G. W. Boyd(Greymbuth)/are among the recent ar-rivals at Coker's Hotel.

Mr H. T. Francis, who enlisted withthe Artillery Reinforcements; has passedthe medical test. Mr Francis, who iswell known in insurance circles, will gointo training immediately after March31 next.

Mr Horace C. Wilton, who has been incharge of the produce department ofthe Loan and Mercantile Agency Convpany at Masterton for some time .past,has an appointment withMessrs A. S. Paterson and Go., of Christ-church.

A Camp Order, issued recently, noti-fies the appointment of Private H. M.Gilkes, of the 10th Reinforcement, tothe rank of quartermaster-sergeant.Quartermaster-Sergeant Gilkes, who wasin the employ of Messrs Ballantyne andCo., enlisted for active service after theannouncement of the death from woundsof his son at the Dardanelles.

Among the men who. went north -onWednesday night, en'route to Trentham,were Hazle H. Smith and Lorrimer J.Smith, sons of Mi- and Mrs H. J. Smith,Selwyn Street, Spreydon, and grandsonsof Mr and Mrs G. W. Kales, SelwynStreet.

Mr A. Burnet, of Opawa, is in re-ceipt of advice from the Minister ofDefence to the effect that his son, Cor-poral-T. M. .Burned, 24th Battalion,Australian _ Imperial'Porces, was killedin action at the Dardanelles on Novem-ber "29.

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Mr K Colin Gilray, a former New Zea-land Rhodes scholar, and a well-knows.Otago, New Zealand, and Scottish Inter-national footballer, left Dunedin bythe Westralia yesterday for Auckland,,to bqard the Niagara there for Vancou-ver, en route td England, to join a Homeregiment. • ~

Mr H. S. Newman, of Ashbournestreet, Woolston, was advised by theDefence Department on Thursday thathis son, Sergt. W.,W. Newman, of theNew Zealand,Engineers, yas. admittedto the 21st General Hospital, Alerjik-dria, on December 14, with a wound.4athe knee. He was previously woundedin the wrist, and had only returned.tothe front in October last.

RAKAIA.Tile annual Sunday, School picnic of

the Eakaia Presbyterian Church tookplace on Thursday in the Eakaia do-main. It was attended by a large crow#..The parents did their part well by flee-ing that the children's amusement waswell attended to. '

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THE SUN, SATURDAY DECEMBER 18, 1915. 7

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u Liberty " Gifts for Grown-upsSilver Brooch, set with amethysts and enamel,

as illustrated • 17/6Pewter Jewel Box, as illustrated � • 20/-Pewter Ink Pot, as illustrated . . 21/-Silver Ring, set with moonstones and enamel,

as illustrated . .. « 17/6

Pewter Sugar Basin, as illustrated » . 25/-?Pewter Clock, set with enamel . . 35/-Pewter Hot Water Jugs . , . . 25/-Biscuit Barrels, in Deal Pottery, Blue, Pink,

and Gold . ■ -'.. 5/6 & 8/6

Lavender and Pot-Pourri Boxes * . 2/(Scent Sachets in printed silk . . 2/1

Xmas ""Boxes-" for Little Folk and Bigger Folkfrom Death's Plenitude of Gift ArticlesTHE Spirit of Christmas pervades the whole store, and the one aim and

purpose of each department is to make Gift Buying easy for every-one. Presents to suit every age, every degree of relationship,and every purse are here in abundance of variety. For the wee folkthere are all manner of stuffed pets in the od J?st arid most attractiveforms imaginable, The well nigh illimitable range of "Liberty" ArtNovelties gives ample opportunity to choose charming gifts for olderpersons. Even exclusive "Liberty" Goods are moderately priced atBeafh's.

"AM EASY AT BEATH'S

" Liberty " Gifts for ChildreiiTeddy Bears .

. 3/6 to 15/-Bath Dolphins and Ducks, . filled withv sponge;

and covered with white towelling-Dolphins 1/- 1/3 Ducks 1/11 2/11

Owls . . .'.. . 1/11 4/11Slack Gats r •

',» 1/9 4/6: ~;12/6Penguins V . '".'■ 4/li"7/6 13/6Donkeys . . . 4/11 9/6 12/6Elephants . . . 6/6 7/11 12/6Monkeys . . .9/6 15/- 17/6White Pomeranian Dogs . . 5/11 10/6Hares, "Tippar-Har'ee" . .

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TEA ROOM AND ROOF GARDEN.Our new Tea Eoom is now open for the convenienceof customers and friends. All who care to visitthe Eoof Garden to see the magnificent view arewelcome. The Electric Elevator will take you toTea Eoom and Eoof Garden.

James Mitchell -Managing Director

D'OYLEYS FROM 6£d UPWARDS.We have thousands" of HAND-MADE EM-BEOIDEEED MADEIEA D'OYLEYS, from 6*dupwards. Many choice designs.

We allow 1/- Dicountin each Complete £ for Cash.

fi ft•* TTicajt^

r COQKEDin 2 minutes.

Just as good for summer porridgeas for winter—because it doesn'theat the blood. See how you'llrelish it.

ILIA GIFT GOO:V PARISIAN, BUT INEXPENSIVE.

Blouses from 5/6, Hand-embroideredNightgowns from 8/11, Pantaloons andOamisoles from 5/6, Veils from 1/3 yard or1/9 length, Parisian Paste Brooches from1/11, Neck Chains from 7/6, Neck Pendantsfrom 5/11, Silk Stockings from 5/11—alldainty, yet practical; just what your friendswill appreciate as gifts this year. Call andsee them at No. 6 Royal Exchange Buildings(take lift to floor 2). .653

A. ROBB & CO.SPECIALISTS IN

LADIES' ANDGENTLEMEN'SGARMENTS

A. ROBB & CO.DOMINION BUILDINGS

CATHEDRAL SQUARE Phone 3056

JILVO," tile New Liquid Plate Polish,' lOd per tin. British made.

LAKE'SGIGANTIC FOOTWEAR SALE£4,000 Stocks at Half City Prices

Colombo St., Sydenham . Phono 2013

PRESCRIPTIONS ACCURATELYDISPENSEDWith Pure& Quality Drugs

D. F. GLANVILLE(Srattir |lljarmitcg

279 HIGH STREET

Let pictures keep thechildren as they are to-day; pictures full ofunconscious, unaffectedgrace, and the individu-

ality of the child.

ITdephoM 1096J

Studios : 152 Cashcl StreetrSE "SILVO" on your Electroplate; Won-

derful results; lOd per tin.

Malingerers often rub the thermome-ter, when the temperature is beingtaken, between the blankets, or exposeit to the fire.

Do you know a "Sydal girl"!—thegirl with the soft, beautiful cheeks, thewhite arms and hands—the girl withthe freah, happy appearance? Do asshe does—use Sydal, the soothing, soft-ening skin emollient. It improves theskin wonderfully and keeps it healthy.Get a 1/6 jar of Sydal to-day—noticehow it improves your skin.—3

Miss Monica Cocks, hon. secretary '-'615the Hospital Eady Visitors'acknowledges, withthanks, further doM»*tions towards the Hospital Christnlistreat from Mrs Chisnallj Mrs CrobJtPiMrs Tripp,. Miss Tripp, Mrs H. RhoieivA Visitor to Ohristchurch,- Mr Hum-phreys, and Mr J. Anderson/ "..; :/ .?'*s■■:

MODELS ARE EXCLUSIVEit, io7COELsran ■as*.;

Sewing MachineHospital ;

B.H.HAVORD, 47 Victoria StreitMachine* repaired by expert of

many yean' tendingModerate Prices > Satisfaaion Guaranteed

Art Needlework Coy.261 High St. Opposite Petersen's

Ludiea are kindly invited to inspecttbie Most Up-to-dale- Stock of Art

Needlework in Chriatchurch

ladies Freely Invited No one asked to boy

or Ironing

Sydal \a >

prevents \ \

I your hands 1 Nfrom becoming \ Fv

, rough and red. \ \,This splendid >

hand emollient \

keeps the hands '

white and soft, no fmatter how hard yourwork maybe. Get Sydal fromany Chemist or Store. Jarcontaining three months' supplycosts only 1/6. If you would likea free sample, send 3d. in stampstO 41

CJ. W. WILTON & CO., LTD.,61 Cuba Street • Wellington.

(WILIONS HAND EMOLLIENT)

ILVO" makes your Electroplate look' like real Silver: lOd per tin.

farriery

SUPPLENESSDoes your corset always furnish you with the support you need and

yet "give" readily when more freedom it demanded?

Warnet'sare famous for their flexibility. The secret ■&» in the thin double

boning so cleverly placed in the design orSt* corset

Let that XMAS GIFTbe a Useful One!If yoa wish to give something ot real artistic worth,yetcombining ntility -with beauty, we urrite inspectionof the many suitable ideas showing at Oak Hall.These Gifts include a wide range of rery select stylesin Palm Stands, Secretaires, Occasional Tables, Arm

Chairs, and Textile Decorations.

GEES LTD. OAK HALL, CURTAIN CORNERCorner Colombo & Lichfield Streets

Sola Makers: Lady Plunket Patent HyglenloHood (Pat. 26054)

C.J.WILLIAMSONManufacturer of Prams, Go-Carts, InvalidChairs, Boys' Barrows, Dolls" Go-CartsLatest English Pattern 3-p!y Ash CoachMade Bodies, Our Owt Manufacture, BoatShape Prams ;: From £4 10a. each

COLOMBO ST. (Near Sooth Bolt) Phone 1303

SHIPPING.PHASES OF THE MOON.

DECEMBER.Day. Hour.

New moon .. .. 9 5.34 «•"*•

First quarter .. .. 13 11.8 p.m.-Full moon .. .. 22 0.22a.m.

Last .quarter .... 30 0.29 a.m.

MOON.Moon rises to-day 4.52 p.m., sets 1.34 a.m.

to-morrow. ■ ' <

TIDE.To-day, 0.59 a.m., 1.22 p.m.To-morrow, 1.46 aan., 2.10 p.m.

SUN.Still rose to-day 4.18 a.m., sets 7.3G p.m.

PORT OF LYTTELTON.ARRIVED.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18.STORM (1.40 a.m.), 405 tons, Wr oods, from

Picton.„„

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DEFENDER (5.10 a.m.), 183 tons, Jamic-son, from Hokitika, via Wcstport.

MAORI (7.30 a.m.), 3399 tons, Manning,from Wellington. Passengers: 333 saloonand 237 steerage.

WESTRALIA (10.40 a.m.), 2884 tons, Bates,from Dunedin.

JOHN ANDERSON (n00n),"52 tons, Coupcr,from Akaroa.

PALOONA (i.15 p.m.), 2771 tons, Norton,from Auckland, via East Coast ports.

•' •, ■ SAILED.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17.REMUERA (12.50 p.m.), 11,241 tons, Green-

street, for Dunedin.CYGNET (5.45 p.m.), 124 tons, A./Murray,

for Picton, via Kaikoura and Wanganui.MARAROA (8.25 p.m.), 2598 tons, Came-

ron, for .Wellington. Passengers: 320 saloonand steerage.

HIMITANGI (10.30 p.m.), 323 tons, Thomp-son, for Chatham Islands.

SHIPPING IN PORT.Annie Hill, schooner, Gladstone pier.Defender, s.s., Gladstone pier.Storm, s.s., No. 1 breastwork.Maori, s.s., No. 2 wharf, cast side.Wcstralia, s.s., No. 2 wharf; west side.Paloona, s.s., No. 3 wharf, west side.Kamona, s.s., No 4 wharf, east side. ■>

Kia Ora, s.s., No. 4 wharf, west side.Kauri, s.s., No. 7 wharf, east side..Parattah, s.s., No. 7 wharf, west side.

• Lily, schooner, low-level breastwork.VESSELS DUE TO-DAY.

Canopus, Westport. Opouri, Greymouth.Wakatu, Kaikoura.

« VESSELS SAILING TO-DAY.Storm, Dunedin. Maori, Wellington.

Wcstralia, Wellington. Paloona, Dunedin.Kamona, Greymouth. Kauri, Wellington.Parattah, Dunedin.

BY TELEGRAPH.Oversea.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.LONDON, December 16.

None of the Star of New Zealand's meatwhs saved. ■ '■

SYDNEY, December 16.Arrived—Kakapo and Inga, from Kaipara.Sailed—Te Amur,'for Wellington.

December 17.A serious fire broke out in the wool cargo

. of the Orient liner Omrah lying at CircularQuay. The efforts of the fire brigade beingunavailing, the ship's hold was sealed andflooded.

NEWCASTLE, December 17.Sailed—Lindstol, for Auckland.

MELBOURNE, December 17.Arrived—Kaituna, from Grcymouth.

Coastal.Tress Association.AUCKLAND, December 17.

Arrived—Rosamond (3.10 p.m.), fromNapier.

Sailed—Waipori, for Grcymouth.December 18.

The Talunc arrived at Suva from Auck-• laud on Friday.

WELLINGTON, December 17.Arrived—Corinna (3 p.m.), from New

Plymouth.Sailed—Patcena (12.4 p.m.), for Picton and

Nelson; Putiki (3.15 p.m.), for Westport;0 Paloona (6.5 p.m.), for Lyttclton and Dun-

edin; Maori (8.5 .p.m.), for Lyttclton, with544 passengers.

DUNEDIN, December 17.Sailed—Westralia (0.40 p.m.), for north-

ern ports.

VANCOUVER*SERVICE.Inwards.

The Niagara left Vancouver November24; arrived Auckland December 13; dueSydney to-day.

The Mukura leaves December22; due Auckland January 10 and SydneyJanuary 14.

Outwards.The Makura left Sydney November 25;

left Auckland November 30; due Vancouverto-day.

The Niagara leaves Sydney December 23;due Auckland December 27 and VancouverJanuary 13.

SAN FRANCISCO SERVICE.Inwards.

The Moana left San Francisco December8; due Wellington December 30.'

Outwards.The Maitai left Wellington December 13;

due San Francisco January 2.

INTERCOLONIAL SERVICE.The Moeraki left Sydney December 9;

arrived Wellington December 13, Lyttel-ton December 15; due back Sydney Decem-ber 20.

The Wimmera left Melbourne December4; arrived Wellington December 9; due backMelbourne, via Bluff, December 19.

The Manuka left Sydney December 1G;due Wellington December 20, Lyttclton De-cember 22; due back Sydney December 27.

The Mokoia left Melbourne December 16;due Bluff December 20; acts as extra ferryboat till December 28, then Melbourne, duethere January 2.

The Ulimaroa leaves Sydney December23; due Wellington December 27, KytteltonDecember 20; clue back Sydney January 3.

AUCKLAND-SYDNEY SERVICE.The Riverina left Sydney December 1G;

due Auckland December 20; leaves Auck-land December 21; due back Sydney Decem-ber 25.

METEOROLOGICAL.THE WEATHER.

Meteorological observations taken at. theMagnetic Observatory, Christchurch, at 9.30a.m. to-day: ''_.-■•

Barometer, 29.948, rising rapidly.Maximum air temperature during prcced-l ing 24 hours, 75.7.Minimum air temperature during preced-

ing 24 hours, 53.6.Air temperature at 9.30 a.m., 53.6.Humidity of air per cent., 96.Maximum solar radiation received during

preceding 24 ; hours, 88. • .Minimum thermometer on grass during

preceding 24 hours, '51.3.Wind, S.W., light.

..Cloud (0-10),..10., .-.......;...

Rainfall during previous 24 hours, 0.245.■ Readings at Noon.Barometer, rising rapidly.Air temperature, 54.5. '. ■ ,

Wind,- N;E.~, very light.Cloud (0-10), 10.Rainfall, 0.005. .

—_ •>' ■WEATHER REPORTS.

Wind.—l, light; br, breeze; f b, freshbreeze;' m g, moderate gale; g, whole orheavy gale; w, gale of exceptional severity.

Weather.—B, blue sky, he the atmosphereclear or heavy; C, clouds, passing clouds;D, drizzling rain; F, foggy; G, gloomy, darkweather; H, hail; L, lightning; M, misty;

O; overcast, the whole sky covered with thickclouds; P, passing showers; Q, squally; Rjrain, continued rain; S, snow; T, thunder;U, ugly, threatening appearance; Z, hazy.

MAIL NOTICES.

Mails close at Christchurch Post Officeas under>—

DAILY.Late

p.m. fee. TrainNoiUicrn ports 6.0 6.30 7.23

a.m. a.m. a.m.Dunedin and south .. .. "?.0 " 8.0

pan.11.10 11.25 12.5

TO-DAY.p.m. p.m. p.m.

Chathams .. .... 3.0 3.15 4.0Kaikoura 5.50 6.10 6.50Dunedin, per Paloona. .. 4.20 4.35 5.20Northern ports, per Wes-

trali .... .. .... 7.20 7.35 9.15Australia and South Africa 6.0 6.30 7.23

MONDAY.Dunedin, per Kia Ora .. 1.15 2.0 2.45

WEDNESDAY.Australia, South Africa,

Expeditionary Forces,Egypt, Ceylon, Japan,India, China, Straits,Hong liong, Straits,Egypt, U.K., Europe .. 6.0 0.30 7.23

Money orders .. ~.. ■ 4.0Registered articles '.. ■ 4.30Books, papers, etc. .. 5.30

FRIDAY.Samoa, Pago Pago, Fan-

ning Island, Honolulu,Qanada, United States "*

(due Vancouver Jan. 13),United Kingdom (dueLon Jan. 27) 6.0 6.30 7.23

Money orders .... 4.0

As correspondence for all neutral coun-tries is subject to censorship, it is urged,in order to avoid delays, that such corre-spondence be posted in ample time for th*mail, the day previous to its dispatch ifpossible.

The next best dispatch for United King-dom and Continent of Europe willVancouver, closing here on December 25.

Mails for % United Kingdom and Continentof Europe,' via South American ports," perRuapchu, close at Auckland at 10.45 a.ny onSaturday.

From December 17 to January 15 dailymails will be dispatched to and receivedfrom West Coast offices.

■ ' CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.Saturday, December 25 (Christmas Day).—

Post offices will be closed in all branches.Mails for dispatch on this day will close

1at. 8 p.m. on Friday, December 24. Adelivery of all correspondence will be madeover the counter of the Chief Post OHiccon Friday, December 24, between 8 and 9a.m.

Monday (Boxing Day).—Post offices willbe open in all branches (except MoneyOrder and Savings Bank branches) from9 a.m. to 10 a.m., and the usual dispatchof mails will be made up to 10 a.m. Theletter-carriers will make one complete de-livery of correspondence, starting from theChief Post Office at 7.30 a.m.

Saturday, January 1 (New Year's Day).—Post oiliees will be close/i in all branches.Mails for dispatch on" that day will closeat 8 p.m. on Friday, December 31. A de-livery of all correspondence will be madeover the counter at the Chief Post Officeon Friday, December 31, between 8 and 9p.m.

The SunSATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915

MUNICIPAL FISH MARKETS.

The very excellent counsel offeredby the old cookery book: to catch thehare before preparing the seasoning—may appropriately be passed onto the City Council in connectionwith its scheme to establish a muni-cipal fish market. Before the coun-cil either builds, or purchases, abuilding for the purpose of retailingcheap fish to the community, itwould be wise tc> satisfy it-self that it can obtain a regu-lar "supply of fish to sell. Aspecial article, the result of inves-tigations made by a representativeof The Sun, is published in to-day'sissue. These enquiries demonstraterjeyond argument that, in attemptingsuch an enterprise, the council isbrought face to face with grave dif-ficulties of supply and finance. If itwere possible for. the city simply tosay the word, spend the necessaryamount of money in market build-ings, and open its doors with anample supply of fish, we could havemore enthusiasm for the project.Considering that our coastal watersfairly teem with many varieties ofedible fish, tbi&icpmmodity is all toodear for the average worker, and,indeed, for the middle-class citizen,to purchase except as a tit-bit. Butimmediately the question of regularand adequate supplies of fish istouched on, doubt as engendered.Wherevand how is the council goingto obtain these supplies? It may betaken for granted that those who atpresent control the output are notprepared to assist a dangerous com-petitor by sharing their supplies. Itwould be absurd to expect such aconcession. This company hasrisked its capital in a venture whichis not without its hazardous aspects,and it is obvious that before thecouncil can proceed to the sale ofthe first municipal flounder it willbe forced to adopt one of two alter-natives: either it will have to spendlarge sums of money in purchasingand maintaining trawlers or a smallfleet of oil launches, or it must cometo terms with the people who areat the present time the medium be-tween the fishermen and the localconsumers. Reference to that partof our special article which dealswith evidence given before the Costof Living Commission on the costand upkeep of trawlers will showthe financial obstacles which pre-sent themselves in an undertakingof this sort. It seems to us to beout of the question for the councilto go into the trawling industry—-that way lies endlessly recurring ex-pense and trouble generally. Thereremains the only other alterna-tive—an understanding with thelocal controlling company. Since,as we have pointed out, it is impos-sible that these people will en-courage and assist a new competitorto -enter the field, the only way outof the difficulty of securing a muni-cipal market on a sound and busi-ness-like basis is for the council tobuy out the present suppliers lock,stock, and barrel. This would in-clude, of course, the necessary cool

storage accommodation. At thisstage we are not prepared to say justhow much this purchase would costthe city, but it would be a substan-tial sum. No doubt the companywould be willing to sell at a price—-.., « ",,—and the question follows:

Are the ratepayers prepared to sanc-tion a large loan for the pvirpose ofallowing the municipal authorities a

clear field in the fish business? Weconcede that it would be a boon forthe public to be able to purchase fishat a price which would suit allpurses, but is it worth whileincurring this extra liability at thepresent time, or before the war con-cludes? We question whether thecitizens of Christchurch are readyjust now to acquiesce in the coun-cil's fish market proposals, particu-larly since they have been vouch-safed so little information of valueon the matter. The council cannotafford to sell cheap fish at a lossindefinitely, and before it goes fur-ther with the scheme it shouldweigh the pros and cons more seri-ously than it appears to have doneup to the present, and come downwith a clear-cut proposition.

Nothing could better illustrate theprevalent idea that recruiting is thebusiness of somebody else than thefact that only two Mayors of subur-ban boroughs accepted the invitationto attend the meeting of the Recruit-ing Board last night. There may beexcuses for some who did not attend,but it> is significant of indifferencethat no. endeavour was made'to in:

form the board of the inability ofthe absentees to attend, nor to ar-range a more convenient date for theconference. We all know that atpresent recruiting is very slack, aridwe all know that organisation isneeded—everyone says so; but howis it to be accomplished'? Well, evi-dently that is anybody's business,judging from the indifference dis-played. Possibly the heads of localbodies consider that the RecruitingBoard, being an officially recognisedcommittee, should produce itsscheme and leave them alone; butthe Recruiting Board has its pro-posals ready, arid now requires theaid and the suggestions of those menwho should'be best able to adviseas to what methods could be adoptedwith most effect in their districts,and because these leading citizensdid not attend to give the boardthe benefit of their knowledgelast night's meeting ended in no-thing. Most are agreed that the vol-untary system should be given everychance, yet the very people whomake that affirmation are those whoraise the cry of "Let the Govern-ment do it." If they were half asconcerned as their speech would in-dicate they would be showing inactive work that they recognise it asthe duty of every public body andpublic man to help make voluntaryrecruiting a success. The board hasin mind a variant on Lord Derby'ssystem of the personal appeal, and,obviously, such a system, even withthe aid of the information in theNational Register forms, can be madethorough only with the aid of theelected administrators of districts.

Yesterday we published a verybrief cable message from Sydney,stating that the Trade Commissionerin the East had issued a warning tobeware of German firms in Japanwho are attempting to trade underJapanese names. We are well awareby this time of the numerous sub-terfuges pursued by the Germans toovercome their disabilities and tospread their propaganda, but an in-teresting proof of this underhandingenuity, which at the same timeputs an emphasis on the Trade Com-missioner's warning, came to lightin a case of electrical goods receivedby a Christchurch firm a few daysago. The goods came from Japan,and wrapped round one of thearticles was a Japanese newspaper,which, with its incomprehensiblesymbols, seemed nothing more thana Japanese newspaper, until in onecorner, was discovered a columnwritten in English of a sort. Judgingfrom the illustrations, the paperwould seem to be a trade journal,and evidently the column in Englishwas its leading article. It was head-ed "England Stands in Her OwnLight," and was written by one sign-ing himself "S. Kozayashi," who, ifnot a German, is certainly a Japa-nese employed by German agentslo spread their propaganda. Thewhole purport of the article is that,after a year of war, England hassacrificed much and accomplishednothing, while the Germans "haveshowed their bravery by occupyingBelgium and disturbing Englishtrade." At the same time it is point-ed out that the Allies have occupiedno German soil, and that the Rus-sians have been "admirably" defeat-ed. As for the financial battle, Ihewriter considers England's positionto be as bad as Germany's, and willprobably be worse if the war con-tinues. He concludes:—"It is veryfunny to see that the four biggestcats cannot catch a rat. What a dis-graceful matter for the Allies! Isuggest to them that they shall makea peace with Germany before eachor any of the four falls a victim, andthis is the sooner the better, forthere is no prospect of victory asmuch in the future as in the past,and loss is lessened by doing so."Obviously, theTrade Commissioner'swarning should be taken to heart.

MUNICIPAL FISH.

THE MARKET PROJECT.CAN A SUPPLY BE ASSURED?

[Specially written for The Sun.]

The City Council having decidedto establish a municipal fish marketin the city, the question has arisenas to whether an adequate supply offish is procurable. Obviously toerect a fish market without an as-sured and continuous fish supplywould be a farce, and a most expen-sive one for the ratepayers of thecity.

With a view to ascertaining whatthe position actually is in this re-spect, some enquiries have beenmade by a representative of The Sun.The results of this investigation aresufficiently interesting, but hardlyencouraging to those who havedreamed dreams of flounders, largeand cheap, procurable at the pro-posed city fish market. It is notthat there is any scarcity of fish inNew Zealand waters. Although ourfishing beds are not sufficiently pro-lific to permit of abuse, they arenevertheless easily capable of sup-plying all the demands of New Zea-land, and the supply may be termedplentiful without suspicion of exag-geration. If any scarcity exists, itis of an artificial, rather than of anatural character. In definite termsthe supply is "cornered," and tosuch an extent is this the case that atiny establishment which recentlyemerged to do business has thegreatest difficulty in securing a; suffi-cient supply of fish to enable it tocarry on.

The main source of supply to.Christ-church at the present timeis Kaikoura, only very minorquantities coming from Lyttel-ton and various southern ports.All the information available pointsconclusively ..to'tH'c fact that thefishermen of Kaikoura are undercontract to supply one agency. Thecatching at this place appears to bedone principally in motor boats, andas fishermen are not usually an opu-lent class, the qxpensiveness of theseboats opened the way for a deal. Inreturn (it is said) for the financialassistance rendered the fishermen,enabling them to purchase the boats,the latter have undertaken to supplyonly their friends, and to do so atfixed rates all the year round. It isstated also by those in the businessthat the supplies from the south, too,are bespoken, and if this is reallythe case (and there seems to be littledoubt of it), then the City Councilhas si serious problem to solve, inthe matter of providing a supply offish for its proposed market.

As a matter of fact, it is apparentthat if the city wants fish for its in-tended market it much create its ownorganisation, connecting the con-sumer with the sea, and this meansin effect a municipal trawler. Thereis no evidence that this fact has yetbeen recognised by the civic authori-ties, and it becomes a question as towhether the prepared togo to the length owning andoperating a trawler, costing prob-ably some £4OOO or £SOOO. What theoperating cost of such a trawlerwould be the writer is unable to sayat first hand, When giving evidencebefore the Cost- of Living Commis-sion in Dunedin, in 1911, Mr T. J.Sullivan, a well-known fish mer-chant, stated that lie had two trawl-ers, and that his expenses workedout at £BO per week. This wouldgive the cost of one trawler as £4Oper week, and if this is a correctestimate, the City Council will needto do a considerable fish business tocover expenses if it decided to un-dertake the venture.

It is possible, but -hardly likely,that a less costly organisation wouldmeet the requirements of the CityCouncil's market.

Another witness before the Costof Living Commission, Mr John Gal-lagher, of Auckland, stated that heoperated by means of an oil-launch.He went out as far distant as 100miles to get his fish. The witness,however, expressed the opinion thatlugger boats were required to enablethe fishermen to go further out, asthe beds near at hand were beingexhausted. But, in considering thepossibility of utilising launches, itmust not be forgotten that the fishsupply would have to be largeenough to meet both a retail andwholesale demand. The result ofenquiries on the subjects go to showthat a municipal fish market wouldnumber the retail sellers among itsclients. Another consideration, too,is that launchers cannot go out inrough weather, and, though on somedays there might be a surplus whichcould be frozen and brought out intimes of scarcity, it is inevitablethat with such a meagre supply therewould be days when the marketwould be without fish. Considera-tion of these facts leads to the con-clusion that the acquirement of atrawler is a necessary corollary toa municipal fish market.

Another matter to which attentionmust be given is the cost of marketequipment. The local associationhas probably spent some £9OOO or£IO,OOO in fitting up its premises.The City Council would probably bemore moderate; but it is asserted byexperts in the business that a largecool store would be an absolutenecessity, as a small one would beuseless to cope with a continuedlarge supply. It is urged, too, thatthe cool store would be one of themost payable portions of a municipalmarket. Considerable quantities ofNew Zealand fish, in a frozen condi-tion, are exported to Australia,where there is a large marketfor it, and there is no reason whya surplus (when there is one)should not be disposed of in thismanner. Another argument in sup-port of the cool store being of ade-quate dimensions is the present lackof sufficient cool store accommoda-

THROUGH THE WAR ZONE.

SCENE AT BORDEAUX.GERMAN PRISONERS AT WORK.

AMERICAN HORSES FOR FRANCE.

(Richard Harding Davis, the veteranAmerican war correspondent, last .

month landed at Bordeaux, on the westcoast of France. His description of thelife-saving; drill on board the liner andthe French town busy, with its war ac-tivities is reprinted from an Ameri-can exchange.]

While still 600 miles from theFrench coast the passengers on theChicago.of the French Line enteredwhat was supposed to be the warzone. In those same waters, just asthough the reputation of the Bay ofBiscay was not already sufficientlyscandalous, two ships of the sameline had been torpedoed. So, in pre-paration for what the Captain tact-fully called on "accident," we re-hearsed abandoning the ship.

It was like the fire drills in ourpublic schools. It seemed a mostsensible precaution, and one that intimes of peace, as well ,as of war,might with advantage be enforcedon all passengers ships. . . .

Your Ticket or Your Life,

In his proclamation CommandantMace of the Chicago borrowed anidea from the New York Fire De-partment. It was the warningCommissioner Adamson printed ontheatre programmes and by whichhe casts a gloom on patrons of thedrama by instructing them to lookabout them for the nearest fire es-cape. Each passenger on the Chi-cago was assigned to a lifeboat. Hewas advised to find out how fromany part of the ship at which hemight be caught he could soonestreach it. Women and children wereto assemble on the boat deck by theboat to which they were assigned.After they had been lowered to thewater the men, who meanwhile wereto be segregated on the deck belowthem, would descend by rope lad-ders. Entrance to the boat was byticket only. The tickets were sixinches square and bore a number.If you lost your ticket you lost yourlife.

Each of the more imaginative pas-sengers, insured his life by fasteningthe ticket to his clothes by a safetypin. .

.-.

-First View of Enemy.,At daybreak, as the ship swept up

the Gironde to Bordeaux,- we hadour first view of the enemy.

; .Wefiad passed the vineyards and thosechateaux the name of which everywine-card in every part of the world.helps to keep famous and familiarand had reached the outskirts of thecity. Here the banks are close to-gether, so close that one almost canhail those on shore; but there was aheavy rain and the mist playedtricks.

When on a barge I saw a man ina black overcoat with the brass butr,tons wider apart across the chestthan at the belt linei like those ofour traffic police in summer time.I thought it was a trick of the mist.Because at present the uniform that,by a nice adjustment of buttons,tries to broaden the shoulders anddecrease the waist, is not being wornmuch in France. Not if a Frenchsharpshooter sees it first. But theman in the overcoat was not carry-ing a rifle on his shoulder. He wascarrying a bag of cement, and fromthe hull of the barge others appear-ed each with a bag upon his shoul-der. There was no mistaking them.Nor their little round caps, highboots and, field uniforhis of grey-green. It was strange that the firstpersons we should see since we leftthe wharf at the foot of FifteenthStreet, North River, the first weshould see in France, should not beFrench people, but German soldiers.

At the wharves a white ship withgigantic American flags painted onher sides and with an American flagat the stern was unloading horses.They were for the French artilleryand cavalry, but they were so gladto be free of the ship that their fu-ture state did not distress them. In-stead, they kicked joyously, scatter-ing the sentries, who were jetblack Turcos. As one of them wouldrun from a plunging horse theothers laughed at him with thatcontagious laugh, of the darky thatis the same all the world over, whe-ther he hails from Mobile or Tan-giers, and he would return sheep-ishly, with eyes rolling, protestingthe horse was a "boche."

Officers, who looked as though intimes of peace they might be gentle-men jockeys, were receiving the re-mounts and identifying the brandson the hoof and shoulder that hadbeen made by their agents inAmerica. If the veterinary passedthe horse he was again marked, thistime with regimental numbers onthe hoof with a branding iron, andon the flanks with white paint. Inten days he will be given a set ofshoes, and in a month he v ill beunder fire.

Horse 18 Years Old.Colonel Rene de Montjoii, who

has been a year in America buying

remounts, and who returned on theChicago, discovered that one of thehorses was a "substitute/' and a verybad "substitute" he was. His teethhad been filed, but the French offi-cers saw that he was all of 18 yearsold.

The young American who, in theinterests of the contractor, waschecking off the horses, refused tobe shocked. Out of the corner ofhis thin lips he whispered confiden-tially:

i "Suppose he is a ringer," he pro-tested, "suppose he is 18 years old.What's the use of. their making aholler? What's, it matter how oldhe is if all they're going to do withhim is to get him shot?"

That night at the station, as wewaited for the express to Paris,many recruits were starting for thefront. There seemed to be thousandsof them*all new; new sky blue uni-forms, new soup tureen helmets,new shoes; They were splendidlyyoung and vigorous looking, and tothe tale that France now is forced tocall out only old'nieri arid boys theygave the lie.

Come to Say Farewell.With many of them, to say fare-

well, came friends and family. There -

was one group that was all comedy—a handsome young man under 30,his mother, and a younger girl whomight have been his wife or sister.They had brought him food for thejourney—chocolate, a long loaf,tins of sardines, a,bottle of wine—-and the fun. was in trying, to findany pocket, bag, or haversack notalready filled.

They were all laughing, the littlefat mother rather mechanically,when the whistle blew. It was oneof those shrill, long-drawn whistleswith which in Europe they startthe trains. It had a peevish, infan- *.

tile sound, like the squeak of a nur-sery toy. But it was as ominous asthough someone had fired a. siegegun. The soldiers raced for the cars,and the one in front of me, suddenlygrown grave, stopped and kissed thefat little . mpther.N She was stilllaughing; but at his embrace and atthe meaning of it, at the thoughtthat the son, who to her was alwaysa baby, might never; again embraceher, she tore herself from him, sob-bing, and fled blindly, as though toescape from her grief. Otherwomen, their eyes" filled with suddentears, made way, and, with theirfingers pressed to their lips, turnedto watch her.

The young soldier kissed the wife,or sister, or sweetheart, or whatevershe was, sketchily on one ear, andshoved her after the fleeing figure.

"Guard mamma," he said; ;

It is the tragedy that will nevergrow less and never grow old.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

CHRISTCHURCH-LYTTELTONRAILWAY MISMANAGEMENT.

To the Editor of THE SUN. .

Sir,—The letter of your correspon-dent "Lyttelton," appearing in youryesterday's issue, only adds to thegrowing volume of complaint—infact, indignation—that is being ex-pressed against everything that isconnected with the name of Lyttel-ton. At the last Harbour Boardmeeting there was vigorous protest—only meagrely reported in thepapers. Then following came themeeting of the Chamber of Com-merce, in which several of the in-fluential members expressed similarsentiments. In dosing his remarks,the president said: "A strong repre-sentative committee should be set upto consider what' steps should betaken for the advancement of theprovince." Let us* hope that no de-lay will take place in carrying outthis suggestion.—l am, etc.,

S CITIZEN.

8 THE SUN, SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1915.

VESSELS EXPECTED AT LYTTELTON.• Vessel. From. Approx. date.

Mnraroa Weilhigton Dec. 19Poherua Greymouth Dec. 19Melbourne Nelson Dec. 20Arahura Wellington Dec. 20John Anderson Akaroa Dec. 21

• Calm Wcstport Dec. 21;Stprm Timaru Deci 21

: Maori Wellington Dec. 21Cygnet Picton Dec. 21

, Dalmorc Wellington Dec. 22,

Wellington Dec. 22; ; JManuka ,'!• Wellington Dec. 22

Motipwoi Wellington Dec. 22I Cbrinria Timaru'•'"' DcC. 22

> Paloona Dunedin Dec. 22r\{, Storm . Timaru Dec. 22I'v^Mokoia Dunedin Dec. 22

|l!iiVESSELS TO SAIL FROM LYTTELTON.v ;'/• • Vessel.. For. .'Ipprox. date.0 Mararoa Wellington . Dec. 20

John Anderson Akaroa Dec. 20Ora Dunedin Dec. 20

f Wakatu Kaikonra Dec. 20'Opouri Greymouth Dec. 20

'Arahura" Wellington Dec. 20; Defender Wellington Dec. 20

Maori. : Wellington Dec. 21Wellington Dec. 21

?; Corinna Nelson Dec. 22; Mararoa ,

Wellington Dec. 22; : Wellington Dec. 22

tfX-Hb'kvla'?'';■':'■ Wellington Dec 22....

Picton Dec. 22.' Wellington Dec. 22

;, ):^Monowar'".. Dunedin Dec. 22; -fv; Cygnet Kaikoura Dec. 22

OVERSEA SHIPPING.' ;. " Vessels Due at Lyttelton.

Steamer. From. Left. DUe.'-Ruahine London Nov. 20 Jan. 9

X tCorinthic Loudon Nov. 1 Dec. 30Opawa London To sailTalnui London Nov. 30 Jan. 16Tongariro London Dec. 6 Feb. 12

Rotor ua London . Dec. 14 Feb. 4; Pakeha Liverpool Nov. 14 Jan. 16v Athenic Liverpool Oct. 23 Jan. 6

JPaparoa Liverpool Oct. 20 Dec. 30" Surrey Liverpool Oct. 20 Dec. 30

Somerset Liverpool Dec. 13 Men. 10Celtic Glen Sharpness Nov. 12 Feb. 21BaronCawdor New York Sept. 18 Dec. 28Clan Ogilvle New York To sailBaron Balfour New York To sailKinross'Calastota '

New York To sailNew York To sail

Port Augusta New York Nov. 25 Feb. 15Ashburton Montreal Oct. 7 Dec. 22JBerwickLaw Montreal Nov.. 8 Feb. 8Waiwera Montreal Nov. 24 Feb. 9OceanMonarchFremantle Dec. 15 Dec. 27Melbourne Newcastle Dec. 13 Dec. 20Tennerin Maru Hokodate To sail

__Golden Shore Pacific CoastDec. 5 Feb. 16Annie Larsen Pacific CoastDec. 6 Feb. 16Defiance Pacific Coast Dec. 6 Feb. 16

-■ (From * observationt taken at 9 a.m.)Station. Wind. Bar. 'iPlier. Wtb

Cape Maria V.D. El 30.01 70 CZtlusscll N' ] 30.02 72 OKaipara Sig. Stn. ■Calm 30.02 73 BCLlanukau . Heads \V 1 •30.04 70 CAuckland .. Calm 30.00 73 CEast Cape W. br 29.90 09 cGisborhe . W f 1) 29.89 78 BNapier .*; W f b 29.88 80 BCCape Palliser .. Not received.Cape Egmont .. N. 1 29.99 05 PWanganui WNW Ill- 29.92 72 OWellington s'br 29.95 00 OCape Campbell.. S str 29.94 02 GFarewell Spit

..NW lr 29.90 04 FOG

Westport W 1 b 29.93 00 ORGreymouth SE 1 29.92 03 OBealey ... W 1 b 29.81 07 BCChristcuurch Calm 29.97 59 Rriniaru .. SE 1 29.94 (10 OPOamaru S br 29.87 00 BCDu'nedin .. SW f b ' 29.91 59 BCQueenstown Calm 29.97 00 BCNuggets SW m g 29.91 52 CBluff WSW f b 29.05 55 BC

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tion in the city, and there can be nodoubt that a municipal cool storelarge enough to take private busi-ness would get it.

Despite the difficulties in the way,the writer is of opinion that theestablishment of a city fish marketis a - desirable enterprise. Themethods of sale in operation at theexisting private market «re designedto exclude the public, who in conse-quence must pay high retail prices.The fish is put up in large quanti-ties unsuitable for domestic 'pur-chase. Umler such a system,

retailers, and public allsuffer, a municipal market isapparently the only means of relief.

POINTS FORADVERTISERS

SUN advertising producesnew business. I -

€j[ SUN advts. aire set up soattractively, and printedso clearly that they neverfail to catch the eye of the

;■■ readers. ~:;'---.^l

€| Note the quality and ar-rangement of the adver-tisements in this issue.Note the appeal to thepurchasing; power ofthousandsoosf s discriminat-ing SUN readers.No other paper can giveadvertisers as good avice or show betterresults than THE SUN.

NEUTRALS AND THE BALKANS.What sort of folly would it be for

the British fleet to stop a ship fromlanding goods for Germany directlyat Hamburg or Bremen, and allow-ing her to land them at Copenhagenor Amsterdam, and be forwarded tothe same destination. A great manymistakes have been made in con-nection with this war. One of themhas been in too long permitting Ger-many to use neutral countries as amedium for obtaining supplies. Butthat mistake will not be repeated.—Sydney "Telegraph."

TURKISH ATTACKSCAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA

BRITISH NAVAL ATTACK AT THEDARDANELLES

SOIBS NEED SPEEDY ASSISTANCE

ENEMY'S NEXT MOVE ANTICIPATED

BRITAIN'S BLOCKADE AND THE AGREEMENT WITH DENMARK

It is reported in to-day's cables that heavy Turkishattacks in Mesopotamia have been repulsed.

Further details are to hand of the plight of fugitivesfrom Serbia. i£t is announced that America lias made an (

offer of generous assistance, which is said to be neededspeedily.

A report from Geneva details the destruction causedby the British bombardment at the Dardanelles.

In the House of Lords criticism has been levelled atBritain's trade agreement with Denmark, the suggestionbeing that.it has impaired the efficiency of the Britishblockade. /

' S <• > ——

THE CAMPAIGN IN MESOPOTAMIA.

HEAVY TURKISH ATTACK REPULSED.

GOVERNMENT'S APPRECIATION OF ARMY'S BRAVERY.

•* Times l' and ''Sydney Sun" Services.

(Received December 18, 8 a.m.)LONDON, December 17.

-In the Souse of Commons Mr Austen Chamberlain statedthat General Townshend reported that there had been heavymusketry fire for an hour on December 12 on the north. Thefront was not attacked, but there was a heavy attack on theright flank, which was repulsed.

All was qtiiet on the 13th.Reinforcements to be sent up the stream as re-

quired.The Turkish reports are frequently grossly inaccurate.Mr Austen Chamberlain said that he had informed Gen-

erals Nixon and Townshend of the Government's appreciation ofthe bravery, skill, and endurance of their armies.

quired.

BRITAIN'S BLOCKADE.

IMPAIRED EFFICIENCY SUGGESTED.

THE SECRET TRADE AGREEMENT WITH DENMARK.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright,(Received December 18, 8.15 a.m.)

LONDON, December 17.In the House of Lords, Lord Strachie asked whether the

trading agreement permitted Denmark to import food and othergoods and re-export them to neutral or belligerent countries.He urged the Government to produce its secret agreement withDenmark.

.

Ldi'fl Portsmouth said that suspicion, amountihg to indig-nation, had been aroused in the country that something was being

rdone to tamper with the effective force of our sea power. He hadseen the draft*of the agreement which allowed Denmark to re-export a long list of gootls to Norway and Sweden. The agentsof these countries probably were German, or traders interestedin Germany. The agreement gave Denmark preferential treat-ment as against America. If the agreement weakened the Navy'spressure it was treachery to the country.

Lord Devonport said that the Government, by a series ofindulgences, had. prevented the enemy from feeling the fullconsequence of the blockade.

Lord Lansdowne said the Government still adhered to theopinion that it was riot desirable to reveal the agreement, whichwould riot interfere with the carrying out of the war to a suc-cessful conclusion. The object of the agreement was to make theblockade work as "efficiently and smoothly as possible. TheGovernment was prepared to enter into a corresponding agree-ment with other neutral countries. It would be unfortunate ifthe country were to be confronted with the resentment and ill-will of those neutrals.

Speaking seriously, and with unusual emphasis, Lord Lans-downe said:—The agreement has advantages to us for the carry-ing on of the war. It is similar to the agreement with the asso-ciations in Switzerland and the Netherlands, and contains nothingtouching our belligerent rights of search or capture. This pro-cedure is infinitely better than trying to limit the export toneutrals to the normal consumption. Denmark is peculiarlyexposed geographically to pressure from Germany, and Danish

*i«idcrs are exposed to the temptation of making vast profits. Ifa neutral, country is importing excessively we are helpless if theships' paper's are in order and-there is no proof that the goods arefor an enemy destination. There is corruption on every hand,and a working agreement with neutral countries is thereforeindispensable.

The debate was adjourned.

STRICKEN SERBIA

AWFUL SUFFERING OF REFUGEES.

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF STARVING FUGITIVES.

(Received December 18, 8.15 a.m.)LONDON, December 17.

The. Serbian Minister in London has sent a special messagethanking Australians and New Zealariders for their generoushelp, including £3700 from New Zealand. Nevertheless, he says,the need of the is supreme, and those in charge of therelief funds depict the horrible sufferings and pitiful scenes con-cerning those still in Serbia.

Desperate mothers with frozen children are amongst thehundreds of thousands of refugees in the Albanian desert andthe rocky hollows of Montenegro. They are homeless and with-out food, and their life is nothing but slow death.

The Minister concludes:—"Help is real only if it comesquickly."

A British commission to aid Serbian refugees has arrived atSalonica.

HELP FROM AMERICA.

AMBASSADOR TO CHARTER SHIP&

(Received December 18, 9.40 a.m.) „*

LONDON, December 17.A telegram from Rome states that America has instructed

her Ambassador at Rome to charter all steamers available to sendassistance to the foodless women and children in Albania, andbring them to- Italy at America's expense. k~ . •.

SERBIA STILL CONFIDENT.

ARMY HEARING THE ADRIATIC. ,

FORCES NECESSARY TO CLEAR THE BALKANS.

"Times" and "Sydney.,Bun" Services.(Received December 18, 8 a.m.)

LONDON, December 17. rThe Serbian Legation points out that the bulk ]of the

Serbian Army will make its way to the Adriatic at an early date.The Army and nation have not lost confidence Serbia

believes that 250,000 troops at Salonica, the Russians in Bess-arabia, and 300,000 Serbs and Montenegrins could drive theenemy out of the Balkans.

"MERE MOONSHINE."

GERMAN AGENTS* STATEMENTS.

ALLIES IN THE BALKANS NOT BEING THROWN BACK.

By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright.


A Salonica correspondent of the Paris paper "Le Journal,''in a telegraphic dispatch, predicts that there will be no seriousmovement of the enemy against Salonica for 10 days.

The Austro-German forces will pass through Doiran, anda flanking movement from Monastir to Vodena, attempting theenvelopment of the Allies in the Vardar Valley, may be expected, .but the German agents'-statements that the Allies are beingthrown back to the sea are mere moonshine.

The Allies require 600,000 men to do anything useful in theBalkans.

AUSTRALIA'S ARMY.

NEW RECRUITING CARDS.

RECENT LABOUR RESOLUTION CONDEMNED.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.

(Received December 18, 9.20 a.m.)- MELBOURNE, December 18.

There lias been some doubt in the public mind as to whether,the filling in of recruiting cards is compulsory.

The Hon. W. M. Hughes now states that it is compulsory,arid that the position is similar to the filling in of census returns.

(Received December 18, 9.20 a.m.),'.■'. PERTH, December 18.

The Metropolitan Council of the Labour Federation hascarried a motion calling on the council to urge the Defence De-partment to talce action against the instigators of the resolutionpassed by the Melbourne Trades Hall Council regarding recruit-ing.

SOLDIERS AND LIQUOR.

JUDGE'S SEVERE COMMENT.

(Received December 18, 9.20 a.m.)SYDNEY, December 18.

, Mr Justice Ferguson, in sentencing two soldiers, commentedon the number of drunken soldiers in the city. Fortunately, hesaid, they were a very small proportion of the men in camp, but itwas surprising that the soldiers did not take steps to protect theirgood name and prevent the easting of reflections on the King'suniform.

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AT THE DARDANELLES.

BRITISH, NAVAL BOMBARDMENT.

DETAILS OF WIDESPREAD DESTRUCTION.

.(Received December 18, 9.45 a.m.)

GENEVA, December 17.British ships at the Dardanelles have destroyed three fort-

resses and batteries, five German guns, and four guns supplied; by'Bulgaria.

Two munition depots have been blown up at Sari Bair.

GENERAL JOFFRE'S FIRST VISIT TO LONDON

General Joffre leaving the War Office with Lord Kitchenerduring the French commander's recent visit to London for thepurpose of a conference at the War Office.

IN BRITAIN.TRADING WITH THE ENEMY.

BILLS TO BE INTRODUCED.

LONDON, December 17.In the House of Commons, Sir

John Simon announced that the Gov-ernment would introduce a separateBill to deal with enemy trading inBritain. This would be confined totrade between Britain and foreignparts, but a separate Bill would beintroduced to deal with similar casesin respect to the Dominions.

ENEMY COMPANIES.

BILL BEFORE THE HOUSE OFLORDS.


The Enemy Companies' Bill haspassed the Committee stage in theHouse of LoFds. Lord Lansdowneintimated that the * Governmentwould not participate in any discus-sion, believing that the measure didnot go as far as the existing law. Hehad heen assured that Germany andAustria had not taken steps to pre-vent the British companies register-ed there from carrying on their busi-ness.

CO-OPERATION WITH DOMINIONSTO BE DEBATED BY HOUSE.

LONDON, December: 17.At the request of the Unionist

Business Committee, Mr Asjquithfixed January 4 as the date 6f a de-bate on the advisability of inime-diately consulting the Domihibnswith a View to bringing the wholeeconomic strength of the Empire tobear against the enemy, in co-opera-tion with Britain's allies. The pro-moters urge that steps shouldbe,taken to defeat G<pnany's systemof trade treaties. y

IN THE BALKANS.AUSTRIANS IN MONTENEGRO.

SERBIANS STILL RETIRING. ;.

AMSTERDAM, December 16.' J An Austrian communique says:—- "We repulsed the enemy south-easti of Globare. We captured the heightsi of Priepoli, and advanced between) Rozaj and Berane. The enemy isi retreating west of Ipek."s PARIS, December 17.5 The Austro-German forces com-

manded by General von Koevess aresimultaneously attacking Montenegrofrom the east and the west. ,

WILL HOLD SALONICA.

ALLIES RETIRE NO FARTHER.

LONDON, December 17.The Salonica correspondent of the

"Daily Chronicle" says:—"Therewill not be any further retirement.We will not leave Salonica untilpeace is signed." -

Departing vessels are crowdedwith fleeing refugees. The BritishConsul has advised civilians andwomen to leave Salonica.

ON THE PERSIAN BORDER.THE ENEMY'S FORCES.

6000 MEN, WITH SUPPLIES. U. ''Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services. >

(Received December 17, 8 a.m.)LONDON, December 17. ,'i\

The enemy forces at Hamadan arebelieved to consist of 300,0 irregu- ";lars, 3000 gendarmes, supplies, ""

,rifles, machine guns, and ammuni- - '«.

tion.

SUBMARINE MENACE.IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.

BEING WELL LOOKED AFTER.By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.

(Received-December 18, 8 a.m.) . *1LONDON, December 17.

The shipping correspondent * of --.-;

"The Times" states that the submar-V /,ine menace in the Mediterranean is;- hbeing well looked after, and will in,;-*;|~course of time become negligible. W ', i

There is no occasion tothe statement that arrivals and de-> '

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partures at Malta have not been af-, .\fected, but he is able to deny that;;" VBritish and neutral vessels have been . r:lost for ten days, owing to war r;icauses. *

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AFTER THE WAR.THE ULTIMATE PEACE.

DOMINIONS AND SETTLEMENT.

(Received December 14, 9.45 a.m.) -:>sLONDON, December 17. h

The Hon. R. D. Denman, in the,* 1. [■£House of Commons, is to ask Mrquith whether in view of the Domi- (ts-- share in the war and the im*portance to all the Dominions ofpolicy governing ultimate peaceGovernment will include representa- -V'i?,tives of Canada, Australia, New Zea-:land, and South Africa in the Gabi-net, without increasing its numbers.';.(3l

IN THE COMMONWEALTH.ENEMY TRADING. §p

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S :SDECISION/ ' •'■>?*s!

(Received December 18, 8.20 a.m.).MELBOURNE, December 18.

The. Hon. W. M. Hughes ?:}ed that it had been decided to place--figthe Remington Typewriteron the list of-enemy firms. / ,',--', c4i

AN UNWELCOME MEASURE/ y%. THE WAR POWERS BILL. -V\3S(Received December 18, 11 t tua.).Jff^

.BRISBANE, December 18^"-*§£|

The Legislative Council ha^-re^||||jectcd the Commonwealth ' y?M :3s£Powers Bill, . / IttM

FIGHTING IN THE WEST.BIG GERMAN OFFENSIVE.TO COME IN A FEW DAYS.' -|p|

AMSTERDAM, December 17. v/p?|Reports from Belgium continue to"'^fr&

forecast a big German offensive inlss?§fthe west at the end of December; ":^|

A SURPRISE ATTACK.GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN. 'j%MThe High Commissioner reports:

LONDON, Dec. 17 (2.10 a.m.)' 'J*?*

A surprise attack was made on *isjGerman positions south-east of Vail-' .'* v.-ly. Some houjses and prisoners weretaken, and there were no losses on J&Sour side. At Ville-au-Bois our ar- \k*|stillery. destroyed enemy shelters,. v -%|Important damage to enemy workswas caused by our artillery onheights'of the Meuse. : , x

BULGARIA'S PROMISES..■i

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NO INVASION OF GREECE.

LONDON, December 16.Mr Martin Donohoe, telegraphing

from Athens, says it is reported thatthe Bulgarian Minister declared thatthe Bulgarians wr ould respect Greekneutrality, and neither now nor rnthe.future would she cross the fron-tier.

Bulgaria is raising a new army,estimated at 150,000 men.

ATHENS,3Pecember 16vThe newspaper "Neon' Asty" says

that Bulgaria has promised to cedeDoiran. and Ghevgeli to Greece.

TIME FOR DECISION.

GREECE CANNOT SIT STILL.

LONDON, December IG. iA correspondent who interviewed ;

King Constantine, telegraphing from 'Athens on Tuesday, says:—"The mo- !ment has arrived when Greece must ]make grave decisions. The circum- 'stances make it probable that theCentral Powers will request facili- ]ties to march through Greece simi- ;lar to those granted to the Allies. 'But are the Austro-Ccrmans numeri- ]cally sufficient, and if insufficient, Jwill they invite the Bulgarians to jaccompany them? Will the Bul-garians, in any case, consent to re- 1main where they are? The whole ]

question turns on this. ■ '--i"It is most doubtful whether l

Greece would sit still if she saw the *

Bulgarians in territory lately won sby Greek lives and blood. Evenif the Government were content to cdo so, public opinion would pro- ibably prove unres'trainable. The 1Government can be trusted to run no '

risks. Neutrality is Greece's aim, *

but the Government consists of sGreeks, and every Greek is a patriot, iand Greece would abandon her ncu- Itrality if events united her Sove-reign, her Government, and her peo- t

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MRS PANKHURST'S TROUBLES.

SUFFRAGETTE HEADQUARTERSRAIDED.

* LONDON, December 17.The police raided the premises of

the Women's Social and PoliticalLeague, and seized the type used inthe production of Mrs Pankhurst'sweekly newspaper, "Britannia."

EXCHEQUER BONDS.

OFFER BY BANK OF ENGLAND.

LONDON, December 16.The Bank of England is offering,

till further notice, an unlimitedquantity of 5 per cent. ExchequerBonds at par, with a currency of fiveyears.

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DOMINION'S SOLDIERS.LEAVE FOR HOME.

SEND-OFF AT PLYMOUTH.LONDON,. December 17.

A contingent of medically unfitJNew Zealanders left Plymouth,homeward bound. A band played asthe steamer left. The contingent in-cludes several men who received thedistinguished Conduct Medal, and a3>arty of Maoris.

PARCELS FOR GALLIPOLLMOSTLY WRONGLY ADDRESSED.

LONDON, December'l6.The Hon. T. Mackenzie, speaking

in London, said that nine-tenths ofthe parcels of comforts sent out toGallipoliPeninsula were not proper-ly addressed, and had been returnedto the High Commissioner's Office.

CHANGE OF COMMAND.LORD FRENCH'S FINE RECORD.

LONDON, December 17*.'* Referring'to the change in the

.'British command in France andFlanders, the "Daily Telegraph"says:—"Lord French's conduct ofthe war has been wholly admirable.He has kept the reins in his ownhands with masterly vigour. SirDouglas Haig is a brilliant soldierand a great staff officer. He willnow have splendid scope for hisability."

The "Daily Chronicle" says:—"Lord French's special genius wasprobably seen to the best advantageduring the campaign of 1914. He isessentially a fighting man, and thecommand of the relatively smallarmy with which he was in closetouch was a more congenial taskthan the direction of 1,000,000 men.He retires with the respect andgratitude of his country."

"The Times" says"that whateverLord French may do hereafter, heis already assured of the lasting.gratitude of the nation. He has thedistinction of having made no cori-

. spicuous mistakes.; The "Daily Mail" says LordFrench is not responsible for thedeadlock on the western front. Hehas been, handicapped by inadequateequipment.

CASUALTIES.

J NEW ZEALAND FORCES.

LIST ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON.

The following names were includ-ed in the casualty list issued thisafternoon:—

DIED OF WOUNDS.N.Z. FIELD~ARTILLERY.

Gunner F. Howell.AUCKLAND BATTALION.

Private S. E. Skellerh.

PRISONER OF WAR.

OTAGO BATTALION.Private A. Morrison.

REPORTED WOUNDED.WELLINGTON MOUNTED RIFLES.Trooper P. O'Callaghan.

FIELD ENGINEERS.(Doing Duty.)

Sapper R. C. Baker.Sapper S. C. Mackay.

I ILL.Admitted to 21st General Hospital,

Alexandria:—Canterbury Battalion—Private W.

A. Montgomery.

A JILTED SOLDIER.

TRAGEDY IN SYDNEY.

ATTEMPTED MURDER ANDSUICIDE.

By Cable.—Prest Association.—Copyright.t (Received December 18, 9.20 a.m.)

SYDNEY, December 18.A tragedy has occurred at Redfern:

A woman named Alicia Wilkinsonwas walking in the street when asoldier named Henry Lawson seizedher, saying, "Why did you throw meover; aren't you going to say good-bye."

The girl said she had already doneso.

Lawson then drew a revolver andpointed it at the girl, who struck itaside as he fired. The girl fell downowing to her fright, and Lawsonagain fired at her, the bullet grazingone of her cheeks.

Lawson then ran away, and waspursued by the onlookers. Presently ha stopped, and, turning the re-volver to his temple, committedsuicide.

QUEEN CARNIVALINDUSTRIES' SECTION.

A meeting of the Gas Company'semployees was held at the com-pany's demonstration rooms on Wed-nesday evening last, in connectionwith the Industries' Queen Carnivalmovement. Mr R. English (con-vener) presidea, and there was anexcellent attendance. A general dis-cussion took place, and it was even-tually decided to form sub-commit-tees to represent the works andtown departments.

The following were elected to fillthose positions:—Works, MessrsPeters, Lye, and Edmonds. TownDepartment, Messrs Ridley, Price,and Royal. It was agreed to holdanother meeting on Wednesday,January 5, when the sub-committeeswill make their reports. /

AUCTIONEERS' GROUP.At a meeting of the executive of

the Auctioneers' Group, held lastevening, at which there was a com-plete attendance, the following reso-lution was unanimously car-ried:—-"That the voluntary methodof subscription to the fundsof the forthcoming Queen Car-,nival should be adopted by thecommittee of the Auctioneers'Group." -

A CHANGE OF NAME.

CONTRARY TO WARREGULATIONS.

THE HIRSCHBURG-ZIMMERMANQkSES.

SMALL FINES INFICTED.

Max Adolph Hartmont, formerlyknown as Max Adolph Hirschburg,and Richard Charles Vernon, for-merly known as Richard Carl Zim-mermann, were each fined 40/- andcosts at the Magistrate's Court thismorning for a breach of the WarRegulations Act, in that they, beingalien enemies under the act, didchange their names contrary to theregulations.

The case was adjourned from De-cember 7 to enable the defendantsto apply to the Minister of InternalAffairs for exemption.

Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., was on thebench, and Mr S. G. Raymond, K.C.,prosecuted.

The Magistrate said that he hadreceived the following telegram fromthe Minister of Internal Affairs:—"Applications have been receivedfrom Messrs Hirschburg and Zim-mermann for exemption from theprovisions of the War Regulations rechange of name, and have beengiven consideration, but are declin-ed."

Mr Raymond said he had also re-ceived a telegram from the depart-ment stating that no such applica-tions had yet been granted, and thata breach of the regulations in ques-tion was undesirable, as it tenderedto evade the censorship. He under-stood that the defendants had chang-ed their names after receiving legaladvice. It was to be assumed, ofcourse, that the solicitors were notaware that a breach of the War Re-gulations Act was being created bysuch an action. Mr Raymond addedthat he was quite satisfied that therewas no ulterior motive on the partof the defendants.

Addressing Messrs Wright arid Up-ham (counsel for the defendants),the Magistrate said lie wanted toknow what guarantee they were pre-pared to give that the defendantswould revert to their old status.

Mr Raymond stated that there wasno need for a guarantee, for if thedefendants did not revert to theirold names, the State would againprosecute, and the penalty wouldprobably be more severe than in thepresent case. •' •■■ -•-■• : "

Mr Wright said he had advised hisclient of this fact.

The Magistrate considered thatevery facility should be taken to letthe public know that the defendantsnow reverted to their old name.

Mr Raymond said that the Statedid not press for a very severe finein this instance, but a small fine wasnecessary, as the practice was anundesirable one.

The Magistrate said he would becompelled to inflict a penalty. Thedefendants would each be fined 40/-and costs.

APPEAL QUASHED.

A MURDERER'S SENTENCE.By Gable.—Press Association.—Copyright.

(Received December 18, 9.45 a.m.)MELBOURNE, December 18.

Jackson's appeal against his deathsentence for the murder of a police-man at the Trades Hall has beenquashed, and the death sentence con-firmed.

RISE IN FREIGHTS.

ENGLAND TO AUSTRALIA ANDNEW ZEALAND.

By Cable.—Press Association.—<Cryyrighl.(Received December 18, 10.50 a.m.)

LONDON, December 17.Freights to Australia and New

Zealand will be advanced by 10/-per ton all round, from January 1.

RANGIORA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

The Rangiora Borough Council metlast evening, when there were present:Messrs\ C. I. Jennings (Mayor), H.Boyd, C\ C. Paterson, W. L. Jameson,W. Eowse, W. Blackett, and F. B. Lane.

Cr Jameson, who was recently electedto the welcomed by theMayor.

A claim was made by the pound-keeper for £1 18/-, being the balance ofexpenses on four calves which had beenimpounded and sold, realising 17/-, theexpenses being £2 15/-. A further claimof 10/- was made upon the council onaccount of the calves having enteredanother person's property andj damagedan oat crop.

Councillors questioned the borough'sliability to the claim,-and it was heldover for enquiry.

The Works Committee recommended:That the road metal at the Eyre Streetgravel pit be crushed; that the boroughforeman attend future meetings of thecommittee; that the Gas Committee beasked to confer with the Works Com-mittee in regard to coal- carting; thatarrangements be made for the removalof rubbish from the business portion ofthe town. The*report was adopted.

Instructions were given to the fore-man to enforce the by-law relating tothe blocking of traffic by standingvehicles.

The gas manager reported that 501,000cubic feet of gas had been used duringNovember, an increase of 100,000ft overthe same period last year.

It was decided to meet monthly infuture.

A request for permission to make ad-ditions to a house in Good Street wasreceived. The proposed alteration wouldbring the building within 33ft of theroad centre. It was stated that if therequest was not granted the owner ofthe property had the right to recovercompensation from those property own-ers at whose instance the street waswidened, thereby rendering the siteuseless for building.

The statement of the treasurer showedreceipts £B2 8/3, payments £628 18/8;gas account receipts £228 13/11, pay-ments £77 12/2, leaving a debit balanceof £7OB 0/7, which, with temporaryloans of £BBO, made a total debit bal-ance of £ISBB 0/7,

A SENSATIONAL SUIT.

BIG LIBEL ACTION.LONDON JOURNAL IN TROUBLE.

ALLEGATIONS AGAINST PRIMEMINISTER'S WIPE.

By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.(Received December 18, 9.45 a.m.)

LONDON, December 17.A sensational libel suit is being

heard before Mr Justice Peterson inthe Chancery Division.

Mrs Asquith, wife of the PrimeMinister, is seeking to restrain the"Globe" newspaper from publishinglibels accusing her of lack of loyaltyin associating with the German pris-oners at Donnington Hall, and de-scribing her as a traitor and a dis-grace to her sex. There is muchpublic interest in the case, and MrsAsquith and her daughter were pre-sent.

Mr H. E. Duke, K.C., the plaintiff'sI counsel, stated that systematic and[malevolent libels had only been

Jsuspended after" the issue of the writ.The persecution began in the springin certain newspapers, which hadpublicly apologised, and, on plain-tiff's insistence, agreed to pay £IOOto the Red Cross Fund. Those dis-seminating the libels through the"Globe" had sent plaintiff sheavesof anonymous letters. Moreover, im-putations had been made upon her insociety. The matter had now cometo a head- in a form in which the"Globe" could be brought to accountfor the most gross libels ever madeagainst an Englishwoman, and whichwere calculated to shake public con-fidence" in the administration.

Mr Neilson, counsel for the"Globe," contended that Ithe jurymust decide whether thetions referred to plaintiff.

Mr Duke said that the libels men-tioned the wife of a Cabinet Minis-ter, and he had overwhelmingevidence to show that the plaintiffwas designated. Moreover, there wasa confession by one of the partiesmaking that clear. «

The case was adjourned untilTuesday, the defendants undertakingnot to publish further articles.

PUBLIC WORKS.

PROJECTS IN N.E.W.

S]/ Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.


The public works authorised dur-ing the recent session of the StateParliament total, approximately,£12,000,000.

MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.

THE ASSOCIATED BOARD.

The results of the examination held onNovember 20 ! by the Christchurch Centreof the Associated Board of the RoyalAcademy and Royal College of Music arenow available. Full marks were 99, pass 66.Following are the results:—

LOCAL CENTRE EXAMINATIONS.Rudiments of Music.

Eileen M. Senior-Lawrence (Mr E. Emp-son, L.R.A.M.) 98, Ina M. Jones (Misses F.and E. Shillito) 93, Gwladys M. P. Turner(Misses Barker, Ls.A.B.) 92, Catherine Chris-tian (Miss E. Sharp) 90, Dorothy J. Best(Mr J. H. Runnicles) 89, William Tindall(Mrs Chamberlain) 86, Aftlmr E. Petty (MrE. Firth, F.R.C.0.) 68.

SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.Grammar, of Music, Division I.

Rita Ellen Edmonds (Miss Thompson) 98,Alison Prebble (Misses F. and E. Shillito) 97,Miriam A. Pearce (Misses F; and E. Shil-lito) 95, Myrtle L. Keast (Miss Maindonald)89, Alma Harris (Miss Thompson) 88, JohnB. Dennehy (Miss Maindonald) 80, Hilda V.Foster (Miss Thompson),, 73.

Grammar of Music, Division 11.Winifred N. O'Connell (Misses F. and E.

Shillito) 85, Rita May Seaton (Misses F. andE.. Shillito) 81.Practical Results Withheld for Completion

of Theory.Performers' Licentiate, Singing.—Arthur

E. Petty (Mrs E. Firth).Advanced Grade, Pianoforte.—William

Tindall (Mrs Chamberlain) 104.Intermediate Grade, Pianoforte.—Ernest

L. Cordery (Mr E. Empson, L.R.A.M.) 122,Dorothy J. Best (Mr J. H. Runnicles) 118.

"HEARTS IN EXILE."Mr Charles MacMahon is bringing to

Christchurch a notable picture produc-tion, entitled "Hearts in Exile," a five-act dramatisation of John Oxenham'sbeautiful tragedy of Eussian life, fea-turing Clara Kimball Young. The pic-ture, which will be supported by spe-cially selected films, will be screened atthe Theatre Eoyal on Boxing Night.This fine photo-play will be fpllowed by"Our British Navy," a series of in-structive views showing the fleet, fromsuper-dreadnought to submarine.

PUBLIC NOTICES.

A notice of a sale of land taken underexecution by the Sheriff of Canterburyia published to-day.

Special train arrangements for theholidays, including the running of nighttrains between Christchurch and Dun-edin, are advertised.

Applications for the position of as-sistant instructor in agriculture are in-vited by the North Canterbury Educa-tion Board.

Tenders for the erection of a roadbridge over the Ashley Eiver, near Ox-ford, are- invited bj the Public WorstsDepartment.

A reserve in the Eangiora SurveyD.istrict, near the Bells railway station,will be offered for lease by publicauction at the District Land and Surveyoffice, Christchurch, on January 5.

A resident mistress and two mis-tresses for middle school work are re-quired for St. Cuthbert's PresbyterianCollege, Auckland.

A DOUBLE COLLISION.BIG RAILWAY SMASH.

PASSENGERS BURNT TO DEATH.

SOME MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.

* By Cable.—Press Asaociation.-Ôopuright.

(Received December 18, 9 45 a.m.)LONDON, December 17.

A train from South Shields, ladenwith Jbusiness men and workmen,collided with a pilot engine in a fognear Jarrow, and shortly afterwardsa light train from the opposite direc-tion crashed into the overturnedpilot" engine. The first and secondcarriages of the passenger trainburst into flames, and the occupantswere pinned under the blazingwoodwork.

Ten of them were burned todeath.

The drivers and firemen had ex-traordinary escapes, . only beingslightly injured.

FROM THE FRONT.

HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATIONAMPLE.

STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER.[Special to The Sun.]

WELLINGTON, December 17.Four vessels, three of them trans-

ports an 4 the other the No. 1 hospi-tal ship (the Maheno)rwill be reach-ing the Dominion during the nextfortnight or so with invalided NewZealand soldiers, but the Minister ofHospitals (Hon. G. W. Russell) stat-ed to-day that he did not anticipateany difficulty in dealing promptlyand effectively with all the men.The arrangements made by the de-partment under his control werenow fairly complete. The conval-escent camps at Rotorua and Han-mer were practically ready for occu-pation, and the official opening ofthe Rotorua camp would take placein the near future. The work atHanmer was well advanced.

The Minister mentioned that thepublic hospitals of the Dominionwere capable of providing beds forbetween 700 and 1000 sick andwounded soldiers at once if the needarose. Tl}.e actual demand likely tobe made, upon their resources duringthe next few months was not nearlyas great as that, since it had beenfound by experience that the ma-jority of the men were well enoughto proceed to their own homes whenthey reached New Zealand,

The supply of nurses appeared tobe adequate everywhere, in spite ofthe heavy demands that had beenmade upon the service since the out-break of war in connectionAvith the'dispatch of drafts to the front. Thehospitals of the Dominion producedabout 150-fully trained nurses eachyear, and most of these women hadbeen available to fill the places ofnurses who had joined the ArmyNursing Corps. The Minister addedthat he realised how eager most ofthe nurses were to get to the front,but it was necessary that the staffsof the local hospitals should be keptat effective strength.

WOUNDED SOLDIERS' RETURN.

THE MAHENO'S COMPLEMENT.Press Association. ( '

WELLINGTON, December 17.. The following are among the sickand wounded returning by the hospr-tal ship Maheno, due in Auckland-onNew Year's Eve:—

Canterbury Infantry Battalion.—CaptainF. B. Brown, Lieutenant J.-.W.- Crampton,Sergeant H. Ibbotson, Sergeant W. J. Rod-ger, D.C.M.,, Sergeant K. C. Bird, PrivatesA. J. Blackburn, W. Davidson, 0. Dyson,A. Eathorne, J. P. Flynn, S. Gordon, T. M.Haddock, Lance-Corporal W. E. T. Harris,Privates P. Hawken, W. P. Hesscll, N. Hold-away, F. Hooson," A. P. Hough, E. J. S.Hughes, H. G. Jenkins, A. C. Laing, R. G.Ledsham, J. J. Logan, J. Lloyd, J. Lucas,W. R. McGregor, D. McGuinness, D. Moyni-han, J. Rollock, A. Rogal, R. G. Ritchie,H. F. Rogers, H. S. Rowe, H. Sarginson,L. Snook, W. G. W. Trueman, L. H.Trumper, J. W. Walsh.

Divisional Headquarters.—Private J. D.Harper, A. W. Thompson.

Field Artillery.—Sergeants E. W. Clark-son, H. J. Darroch, Bombardier M. D.Cowie, Gunners L. Bates, C. Bir«ic, P. Car-michael, R. St. C. Dorecn, J. E. Duncan,A. J. Fairmaid, J. G. Findlay, A. J. Foley,W. Frew, H. Newsham, J. B. Paton, E. F.Pawson, T. Pilchcr, E. C. G. Porter, M. A.Ricketts, G. A. Rouse, F. N. Samuel, E.Temple, L. H. Thomas, A.; W. Westrupp,R. Harkness, T. C. Hardy, T. G. Hirons, W.-Hornby, G. E. Hoffman, H. A. Houlbrooke,H. Lanauze., A. G. McAdam, W. McPherson,A. Mewton, J. Mitchell, F. J. Montgomery.

Field Engineers.—Captain O. A. Fried-lander, Sappers H. L. Bond, J. G. Burke,A. L. Castleburg, F. E. Davis, F. R. Far-quhar, H. A. Hutchinson, W. R. Mulgan,H. W. Robinson, T. N. Rowse, W. Turner,F. S. Wilkinson, W. P. Williams.

Army Service Corps.—Privates W. A.Cook, S. Devitt, W. J. Giles, D. Hardie, R.Ledgard, D. B. McLeely, W. P. Mitcliinson,P. J. Palmer, B. Roberts, D. B. Smith, T.G. Thompson, G. H. Turner.

Divisional Train.—Privates Wm, O. Ber-gamini, P. W. Eden, R. O'B. Lindsay.

New Zealand Veterinary Corps.—Ser-geant R. Sarter, Lance-Corporal R. CarviHc,Bott (?), Privates C. P. Coldstream, J. M.Caleinai, J. Galligan, H. F. Gush, W. Har-titt, P% Jenkins, A. Maxwell, J. Traccy, A.Turner", W. H. Wakeham.

Medical Corps.—Sergeants N. Broad, L.A. Nelson, W. P. M. Rccs, Corporal A. Mel.Edwards, Privates C. M. Bevan-Brown, F. L.Histed, W. A. Hopkirk, J. H. Ironsides, S.McWilliams, F. Woolley.

Canterbury Mounted Rifles.—Corporal P.H. Baigent, Corporal E. Reid, Lance-Cor-poral C. M. Anderson, Privates A. Black,G. A. Bruce, L. Brown, J. Goodc, W. E.Grant, J. A. Hunt, L. R. Mclnnes, N. Rog-ers, T. \V. Tyrce, E. R. Wastney, J. V.Wilson.

ARRIVAL OF THE MAUNGANUI.

DUNEDIN, December 17.The hospital transport Maunganui

arrived somewhat unexpectedly atPort Chalmers this evening, with sixpassengers on board, the names ofwhom are:—Lieutenant C. N. Saun-ders, D.G.M. (Otago), LieutenantPeterson (Otago), Lieutenant Brook-er (Canterbury), Lieut. Knowles(Canterbury), Sister Borrie (Canter-bury), and Chaplain-Captain King.The first live have been invalidedhome on leave, but the sea voyageappears to have worked a wonderfulimprovement, as all were allowed toland.

It was originally intended that theMaunganui should bring a large bodyof wounded and invalided men, butthese are being returned by the Ta-hiti, which is due next week.

MAGISTRATE'S COURT.

TO-DAY'S CASES.

. Mr H. W. Bishop, S.M., presided ovei;"a sitting of the Magistrate's Court thismorning.

DBUNKENNESS.One male first offender, was charged

with being found drunk in Manchester-Street. The - accused :pleaded guilty. v

Mr Bishop: Where did you get thatblack eye?

Accused: Oh, I fell down, your Wor-ship. (Laughter.)

Mr Bishop: Five shillings, or 24 hours.Another male first offender, who had

been remanded for a week on a chargeof "being found helplessly drunk in Ar-magh Street, was convicted and dis-charged, and a prohibition order wasissued against him.

' SHOP-LIFTING.Margaret Wilson appeared on a

charge of stealing, at Christehurch onDecember 17, one hat, two ties, andfour remnants, of , a total, value of £33/1, the property of T. -Armstrong &

Co.The accused pleaded guilty.Chief-Detective Herbert said that the

accused was found with a new hat in aright-of-way in the vicinity of Arm-strong 's premises: She was" putting onthe new hat, and had wrapped up theold one. When she was arrested by,Detective Ward the other articles men-tioned in the charge were found in herpossession. She refused to give -hername and any particulars, and thepolice were not sure whether they nowhad her correct name. The Chief-De-tective remarked that he wouldknow more about the woman, and woul&accordingly ask for a remand.

Mr Bishop: Oh, yes; I want to knowsomething more about her. She is re-manded till Wednesday.

JUDGMENT SUMMONS CASES.J. O'Neill was ordered to pay Charles

Fisk £4 forthwith, in default four days'imprisonment. Harry Murfitt, jun., wasordered to pay H. Pannell & Co. £2 10/6forthwith, in default 48 hours' impris-onment; Peter Bowker was ordered topay A. Werner & Co., Ltd., £2 5/9 forth-with, in default 48 hours' imprisonment;Walter Williams was ordered to payCharles Ball £2 18/6 forthwith,, in de-fault 48 hours' imprisonment; X Bealswas ordered to pay Alexander Stewart£3 15/- forthwith, in default three days'imprisonment; Bruce Harris was or-

dered to pay F. D. Keste ven £l2 5/3forthwith, in default 12 days' imprison-ment; D, Adamson was ordered••■tjo paythe same judgment creditor £25 18/-forthwith, in default one month's im-prisonment.*' =.,■■■

SHORTAGE OF BUTCHERS.

FARMERS PERTURBED.

TEEEZEES UNABLE TO TAKE.LAMBS.

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' The matter of getting sheep into thefreezing works is one that is causingfarmers some concern at the presenttime. It is declared that the factoriescannot meet the demand, although thereis plenty of freezing and storage Space.

One man, in close touch with the in-dustry, told, a Sun representative thismorning th&t a shortage ,pf butchers isso seriously.hampering factories, thatthey cannot satisfy the demands, Withthe Christmas holidays coming on,; he-said," it is Unlikely that therc_ will beany killing till' January. In the mean-time the farmers will suffer. Seventy-five per cent, of the people who havefat lambs - are suffering for. want ofwater, and if they do not get their lambsaway within the next few days they willhave to take second quality prices., Un-availing efforts, ho says,.have been madeto obtain butchers from other places,and, in the fa<Se of the shortage of men,he suggested that the farmers shouldthemselves undertake the killing of thestock. \


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A Press Association telegram fromWellington states that the associatedsports bodies' Christmas Shilling GiftFund for Soldiers realised £3OOO, ofwhich £2600 has been sent to London,whence tobacco, chocolates, and barleysugar will be sent to the men at Gal-lipoli. Giftß also have been forwardedto the Samoan garrison.

ALL WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY

EVERYBODY'S"THE DISTINCTIVE THEATRE."

ANOTHER FINE SELECTION OF FILMDOM!S BEST-HEADED BY THE LONDON FILM COMPANY'S LATEST

AND GREATEST MASTERPLAY,

THE MANIN THE ATTICA STRANGELY FASCINATING ROMANCE OF LONDON'S

SLUMSTHE STORY OF A MISER'S GREED, A SCOUNDREL'S

PERFIDY, AND A WOMAN'S LOVE. FATE SHUFFLESHER CARDS AND DEALS QUEER HANDS TO ALLTHREE.

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There's some excellent staging of the unusual kind, marvel-lously realistic action, backed up by a plot of terrificholding power. The photography is the best ever made.

IN SUPPORT WE SCREEN:An Exceptionally Amusing Farce, by the World Film Company,

introducing some New Funmakers. /

MASHERS and SPLASHERS-Fun on the Beach and the Briny, with the mos't bewitching |>evy?

of Bathing Beauties that ever the camera has caught.CARTOONS TOPICAL GAZETTE AND OTHERS

Orchestra—Afternoon and Night.Prices as Usual - Adults, 6d.; Children 3d.

The following programme will beplayed at Linwood Park by. the Wool-ston •Band to-morrow, commencing at2.45 p.m.:—March, "The 20th Cen-tury" (Ord Hume); cornet solo, "IIBaecio' ' (Arditi); overture, ''Poet andPeasant" (Suppi); Spanish intermezzo,"Maxixe"■', (Borel Clerc), symphonicpoem, ' 'Coriolantis " (Jenkins); balletmusic from "Faust" (Gounod);, de-scriptive fantasia, "A Sleigh Ride ,inAmerica" (Jullien); grand march,"Festival" (Bantoek).

The Telegraph Department advisesto-day that the Waimakariri North andWaitaki Riyers are clear, the Waimaka-riri South and Rakaia dirty, the Bangi-tata high and dirty, and the Opihi fish-able.

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LATE WAR NEWS.RUSSIANS IN PERSIA.THE ENEMY DISCOMFITED.

LYING RUMOURS SPREAD.

By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright.

(Received December 18, 1.25 p.m.)PETROGRAD, December 17.

Official: The Russians have oc-cupied Hamadan, and have discom-fited the enemy, who is now spread-ing rumours of a Turco-Germanmarch on Baghdad, Persia, and India.

The chief centre of agitation isKum, which the victorious Russiantroops at Sultan-Bulak, are now ap-proaching.

The enemy at Kum has cut thecommunications with South Persia.

Later information states that theinhabitants of Kum are panic strick-en and have fled towards Ispahan.

ZEPPELIN DESTROYED.THE CREW KILLED.

(Received December 18, 1.25 p.m.)AMSTERDAM, December 17.

Travellers from Brussels state thata'Zeppelin exploded on Wednesdaynear Namur, while travelling to-wards Ypres with a heavy consign-ment of bombs.

The* members of the crew werekilled.

The explosion was due to a motordefect.

Three peasants who witnessed thedisaster were arrested and taken toGermany lest they should reveal thenews.

GERMANS IN ENGLAND.LIFE AT PRISON CAMP.

EXCELLENCE OF THE TREAT-MENT. '*

(Received December 18, 12.25 p.m.)LONDON, December 17.

It is further stated, in connectionwith the visit of inspection to theGerman prisoners' camp at Dorches-ter barracks, that some of the pris-oners display remarkable industry.One has made two Violins, andothers excellent carvings. The car-penters have made music stands andfurniture, and a choir master hastrained 50 of his fellow prisoners.There is a brass bafid of 30 instru-ments presented by English music-ians. Tailors, bootmakers, and bar-bers are paid for their services.

The men wash their own clothing,and are required to keep roomselean. Lights must be but at 10.30pim., but the men are permitted to beout of doors up till midnight. Anunder-officer is appointed for eachdormitory, resulting in splendid dis-cipline.

When a prisoner burned a plankfrom his bunk, the others court mar-tialled him, charging him with dam-aging Government property.

Although there are no German of-ficers in this camp, there are manymen of superior talents. A chemistacts asv dispenser, a barrister hasbeen found lecturing to a class onthe History of Babylon, and a form-er resident of England has beenteaching shorthand and English.

The pupils are glad of the mentalexertion to relieve their monotony.Hot baths are always available, andthe men are permitted to send twoletters weekly, and they receive allthose arriving. Thus they are in.close touch with their relatives. Onehundred and five thousand parcelshave been received in 11 months,and there are now 1500 daily, withChristmas gifts.

It is pathetic to watch the anxietyof the recipients during the search ofparcels by officers, fearing that someof their treasures would be confis-cated. The parcels frequently con-tain spirits, which arc tabooed.

The men are permitted to havebooks and English newspapers, ex-cept those containing offensive anti-German articles and cartoons. Theabsence of restrictions is remark-able. The band plays the "Wachtam Rheim." Most of the prisonersare affable, and only once has

.1 trouble been threatened, but it was' tactfully and promptly quelled. Oneprisoner escaped during 12 months.

The smoothness of the working is.due to the sympathetic treatment.The Commandant, Major \V. C.

: Bulkeley, D.5.0., who was born inTaranaki, is the owner of propertyin Colombo Street, Christchurch,and his father was aide-de-camp toSir Geo. Gray. He controlled theprisoners in South Africa, and haswon the confidence of the Germansby his straight-forward dealing. Onhis entering the room, everyonejumps to attention in a twinkling.

Major Bulkeley does not treat theprisoners like dogs, but as soldierto soldier, always returning themen's salute. Thus, when an ex-change of prisoners was arranged,it was necessary to send a picket tobring out five of the Germans, whodid not desire to go.

There are few complaints. Thecanteen is supplemented by an un-limited variety of foodstuffs. Theprisoners are permitted to receivefrom their homes half a sovereignweekly. Some of them have- com-plained regarding the white bread,as they prefer coarser fare.

A travelled American journalist,on taking his leave, declared that

; the camp was in most striking con-trast to the English and Russian

■ camps in Germany, where the pri-i jsoners are compelled to sweep the; greets and do the most menialWork.

RAISING THE WIND.NEW RUSSIAN TAXES.

STATE MONOPOLIES CONTEM-PLATED.

(Received December 18, 3.5 p.m.)PETROGRAD, December 17.

The new fiscal proposals contem-plate a retrospective income tax, in-creased industrial and land taxes,also* a special military tax. All indi-rect taxes will be augmented byspecial taxes on wines and textiles,yielding an annual surplus of636,000,000 roubles. State monopo-lies in tea, coffee, and matches arecontemplated.

ENGLISH NOBILITY.NATION SHOULD BE PROUD.

800 KILLED IN THE WAR.

(Received December 18, 3.5 p.m.)PARIS, December 17.

The "Figaro" draws attention tothe new issue of De Brett's "Peer-age," which shows that over 800members of the English nobilityhave lost their lives on the battle-field.

The ''Figaro" adds: "England maybe proud of her noblemen."

SUFFRAGETTE OFFICES.POLICE DENY RAID.

PRINTING PRESS SEIZED.


The police deny the story of araid on the headquarters of theWomen's Political Union, but theyseized a secretly installed printingpress in Kensington under militaryorders.

CONSCRIPTION QUESTION.THE RECENT DEPUTATION.

CONDEMNED BY PARLIAMEN-TARIANS.


Many Unionist, Liberal, and Lab-our members of the House of Gom-nons condemn the action of oppon-ents of conscription seeking to forceMr Asquith's hand by means of a de-putation.

AUSTRIA'S REPLY.SINKING OF THE ANCONA.

"ENTIRELY UNACCEPTABLE TOAMERICA."

(Received December 18, 1.25 p.m.)WASHINGTON, December 17.

Austria's reply to the Note in re-gard to the sinking of the Ancona isunderstood to be evasive and unsat-isfactory and entirely unacceptableto the United States.

STEAMERS SUNK.ONE CARRYING BELGIAN RELIEF.

SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEENTORPEDOED.


Tlie steamer Liverpool, boundfrom New York to Rotterdam forthe Belgium Relief Commission, wasfound sinking off the Kentish coast.It is supposed she was mined or tor-pedoed. The crew was saved.

The Italian steamer Porto Said,formerly the Arawa, has been sunk.

IF CONSCRIPTION COMES.FORCES SO FAR„ STILL

VOLUNTARY.RESPONSE OF SINGLE MEN.


The "Spectator" states: "It is notknown whether unmarried men haveresponded sufficiently to make itpossible to say whether the shirkersare a negligible quantity, but even ifcompulsion now comes for the smallminority of unmarried shirkers, thevast majority of our forces will havebeen raised under the voluntarysystem."

FOR THE FRONT.COMFORTS FOR SOLDIERS.

LEFT ALEXANDRIA ONWEDNESDAY.Press Association.

WELLINGTON, December 18.The base officer at Cairo cabled

on December 16 that 800 cases ofChristmas gifts, consigned to menof the New Zealand Forces, leftAlexandria for the front on Decem-ber 15, including the balance ofleather coats.

WEATHER REPORT.

Wind: The indications are for vari-able and strong breezes, with moderateto strong southerly prevailing for ashort time.

"Weather: Mild and hazy conditionsand cloudy to overcast occasionally, • I

Barometer: Has a rising tendency,but falling after about 24 to 36 hours.

A special message from Methvenstates that rainfall to 9.30 to-day was

LATE SPORTING.NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CLUB.

CONCLUDING DAY'S SPORT.

The weather conditions prevailing forthe concluding day of the New BrightonTrotting Club's Meeting were none too fav-ourable. A steady drizzle was falling whenproceedings commenced, and this had aprejudicial effect on the attendance, whichwas disappointing. The course was infairly good order, despite the rain that hadfallen, and big iields were seen ou! in mostof the events. Details of the racing are:—LADIES' BRACELET HANDICAP (harness),

of 45 sovs. One mile and a furlong.2 Mrs E. Johnston's br g Proud Hazel, by

Proud Child, oyrs, lOscc (Mr John-stone) *

7 Mrs W. Rankin's Irvar, 4sec (Mr Ran-kin) 2

3 Miss E. Fairbairn's Albert Wallace,9sec (Mr T. Fairbairn) .. 3

Also started: 6 Rosic Drift 2sec, 5 SilentBell 3, 9 Lord Cecil 8, 17 Gerlefan 8, 18Sweet Cole 8, 4 Erleen 8, 13 Princess Elmo8, 16 Radiance 8, 10 Drifter 8 and GalindoBelle 8 (coupled), 11 Prairie 8, 15 KelsicMaid 8, 12 Lettica 8, 1 Willow Vere 9 andMaud Tracey 9 (coupled), 3 Ima Dillon 9,C Edina 10 and Dorothy Dollon 10 (coupled),2 Dainty Dillon 10 (coupled with ProudHazel), 4 Losse 10 and Mark Beale 10(couprcd).

Proud Hazel soon drew clear, and withhalf the journey gone he was 10 lengths tothe good of Dainty Dillon and Albert Wal-lace. Going round the top turn Irvar tooksecond place, but he could not get-to ProudHazel, who Avon by half a dozen lengths.Fifty yards back came Albert Wallace, fol-lowed by Mark Beale. Time, 2min 50 3-sscc.BRIGHTON HANDICAP (saddle), of 12G

sovs. 5.10 class. Two miles.IJ. H. Power's blk g Able Boy, by

General Lincoln —Miss Hugo, aged,lOsec (E. McDermott) .. 1

5 Mrs W. Shellock's Havana, "sec (MrShdlock) 2

7 Mrs J. Johnston's Bellwind, lOsec (T.Fox) ' 3

Also started: 2 Albertoria lOsec, 3 KingV. 12, 4 Special Ribbon 15, and 6 Nora S. 17.

Special Ribbon soon passed Nora S., andwith a mile gone he was well clear of Bell-wind, Able Boy, and Havana. The leaderheld his advantage till within three furlongsfrom home, where he broke very badly.Able Boy then had matters all his ownway, .and won by four lengths from Havana.Twelve lengths away came Bellwind, fol-lowed at a lengthy interval by Albertoria.Time, 4min 59scc.NEW BRIGHTON TROTTING CUP (har-

ness), of 400 sovs; second 80 sovs andthird 40 sovs from stake. Two miles.

1 J. Fleming's b h Our Thorpe, byO.Y.M.—Lady Thorpe* syrs (A. Flem-ing) .. ........ ...... 1

2'W. .J. Moreland's br m Country Belle,aged (A. Pringle) .. .. .. .. ..2

3 J. Henderson's b g Tommy C, Cyrs (R.Rcay) .. 3

From an excellent dispatch Country Bellewas the iirst to break the line, while OurThorpe lost several lengths through mixinghis gait. With half a mile gone CountryBelle was three lengths clear of TommyC, Our Thorpe being twice that distanceaway. Racing past the stand Our Thorpedeposed Tommy C and drew within a lengthof Country Belle. Passing Mace's CountryBelle increased her advantage, but once intothe back straight Our Thorpe and TommyC. lessened the gap again. Half a milefrom home Our Thorpe ranged alongs: dcCountry Bell, and at once had her measure.From this out Our Thorpe had mattersmuch his own way, and won comfortablyby two lengths and a-half. Tommy C.faded out badly in the last furlong, fln'sh-ing a dozen lengths behind Country Belle.The intermediate times Avere: Half-milelmin 9sec; one mile, 2min 1C 2-ssec; mileand a-half, 3min 25sec; two miles, 4min30sec.SUMMER HANDICAP (Optional), of 150

sovs. 7.45 class. Three miles.3 J. Belcher's rn m Nerone, by Kini,

6yrs, 35sec (J. Bryce) 16 O'Shea and Blackburn's Irvwin, 35sec

(R. Allan).. 2

8 J. L. Jopp's Frank Wilkes, 28sec (M.Edwards) .... .. 3

Also started: 7 Gee Whiz 20sec, 5 .Whist23, 4 Foxhill 28, 2 Harold D. 30, and 1 Ga-lindo Lou 35.

Once the field had settled down Neronewas in front from Galindo Lou and Irvwin.This was the order past the stand for thefirst time, Frank Wilkes being in fourthplace. In the back straight Galindo Loubroke badly, and lost her place to Irvwinand Frank Wilkes. Nerone showed the waypast the stand for the second time, andfrom this out had matters all her own way,winning comfortably by 10 lengths fromIrvwin. At lengths' intervals come FrankWilkes, Harold D., and Foxhill. Time,7niin 46sec.ADVANCE HANDICAP, (harness), of 150

sovs. 3.40 class. One mile and a-half.4 J. Kennedy's b h Antonio, by Harold

Dillon—Ocean Wave, Oyrs, sSec (J.Brycc)

.. ..'»;'.;.'.'.. '■': '. ■■.. 12A. Morse's Tamarisk, 7sec (R. Reay) 27 W. Chapman's Crown Prince, scr (A.

Butterfield) ~ ...... .. .. 3Also started: 5 Scenery ssec, 11 Salix fi,

10 La Franz (5, 8 Lord Audley 6, 5 Specifi-cation Junr. 0, 3 Joyful 7, 9 Bernie L. 8, and1 Nordica 8,

Nordica showed the way past the standto Joyful, Tamarisk, and Antonio. The lea-der was beaten half a mile from home,being passed by Tamarisk and Antonio.Turning into the straight Antonio ran pastTamarisk and won easily by six lengths.Crown Prince was eight lengths away third,followed by Specification Junr. Time, 3min33 2-ssec.TELEGRAPH HANDICAP (harness), of 130

sows.; 2miu 21scc class. One mile.2 P. Munn's ch g The Whip, by Roths-

child, aged, 4sec (M. Edwards) .. 14 F. Piper's Bingana, 3sec (J. Messervey) 21 J. B. Pearson's Sungod, 4sec (A. Hend-

rickson) -..

.. .... 3

Also started: 10 Rose Dillon 2sec, 6 LadyTheckla 3, 5 Prince Poole 3, 7 Bacchus 4,8 Desdemona 4, 9 JLodi 4, 12 Lord Heath-eotc 4, 3 Radiant Morn 4, and 11 HaroldMinto 5.

Sungod started smartly and at Mace'swas well clear of Bingana and The Whip,the others being headed by Desdemona.This order was maintained past the halfmile post, and a little further on Binganaclosed on the leader. Bingana was firstinto the home straight, and he held chargeto the distance post. There The Whipjoined issue and won a good race by alength. Sungod was four lengths awaythird, followed by Desdemona. Time,2min 20sec.JESSIE PALM HANDICAP (harness) of

110 sovs.; smm class. Two miles.2 C. Allington's b g Whispering Willie,

by Woodland Whispers, syrs, 17sce(J. Bryce) 1

4J. H. Power's Wild Tree, lOsec (Owner) 23 H. Binks's Master Raymond, scr (A.

Butterfield) 3Also started: 8 Redchild scr, G Electrocute

3scc, 7 Olive L. 8, 1 Hardy Wilkes 10, 11Craibwood 10, 10 Mokau 10, 9 Chub, and 5Dan Dillon 10.

Whispering Willie and Dan Dillon madeplay from the start, and with a round com-pleted the former had a substantial leadfrom Wild Tree, Dan Dillon, and Chub.The same order was maintained along theback straight and as they went round thetop turn Dan Dillon lost his place and WildTree went on second. Whispering Williewas first into the home straight, and heeasily maintained his advantage to thefinish, winning by four lengths. • MasterRaymond was 12 lengths away third, fol-lowed at short intervals by Chub andHardy Wilkes. Time, smin Sscc.FINAL HANDICAP (saddle), of 125 sovs.

2.21 class. One mile.E. Bowes's b g AI Franz, by Franz—Al

F., aged, ssec (E. Cockerel 1) .. .. 1W. H. Young's Breeze, 2sec (A. Fleming) 2A. W. Furze's Bequest, 4sec (J. Cockerell) 3

Also started: Frandocia scr, WallaceWood scr, Mountain Rose lsec, Jack Ashore1, Dalwhinnie 2, Miss Advocate 3, LadyTheckla 3 and Ottawa 3 (coupled), CrownPrince 4, Lodi 4, Vermont 5, Sir Elmo 5,Lodestar 5, Wallace Junr. 5, Franz Josef 5.

Franz Josef led for half a mile andthen gave place to AI Franz and Bequest.

Once into the straight Al Franz drew awayand just lasted long enough to win byhalf a length from the faster finishingBreeze. Bequest was a length back third,followed by Frandocia and Vermont. Time,2niin 23 l-ssee.

CRICKET.

MATCHES POSTPONED.

All cricket matches set down forplay in Christchurch to-day wr erepostponed, on account.of the rain.

BOWLING.CANTERBURY CLUB.

The following competitions have beenplayed off during the week:—

Non-Star Singles.C. W. Bingham beat Taylor 20-17, Wood

beat S. C. Bingham 31-26, Wood beat Knowles27r 21.

Argylc Singles.S. C. Bingham beat Taylor 28 24, Ives beat

Borland 19-18, Weir beat Lowry 20-19.Champion Singles.

Halliburton beat Borland 22-21, Lowry beatF. Penlington 15-13, Kirker beat Barnett22-10, Lowry beat Kirker 23-10, C. W. Bing-ham beat Weir 2615, Maynard beat C. W.Bingham 19-13.

Challenge Singles.Finncgan beat Harnett 18-7.

Champion Doubles.Barnett and G. S. White beat Maynard and

G, Bakel- 31-22.

ROWING.

INTERSCHOOL FOURS.CHRIST'S COLLEGE WINS FINAL.

The. final of.the interschool fours was

rowed on the Avon to-day, the Christ's Col-lege No. 1 crew, consisting of S. H. M.Hawkins stroke, 0. V. Gerard 3, W. R, Cox2, and D. R. Stanley bow, winning fromBoys' High School by a length and a-half.The School team consisted of \V. A. Frascrstroke, D. A. Waghorn 3, R. Alley 2, andA. F. McArthur bow. A good start wasmade, the School crew drawing away alength. They were soon forestalled byCollege,- who (won by the distance men-tioned. '

In the race for third place, WaitakiBoys' High School (R. Henderson stroke,R. R. Macintosh 3, J. Swinburn 2, and N.Wardell bow) beat Christ's College No 2crew (J. T. Chesson stroke, M. A. John-ston 3, G. B. Cocks 2, and W. W. Diamondbow) by about two and a-half lengths.

The crews made a fairly even start, butWaitaki drew"'away about a length- . TheCollege crew pressed hard but were unablelo reach their opponents.

TUNNELLING CORPS.

FAREWELLED by governor.

fine body of men.Preag Association.

AUCKLAND, December 18.His Excellency the Governor

greatly pleased the Tunneling Corpswith a speech which he deliveredthem in farewell. Lord Liverpoolspoke to the men in a genial, free-and-easy manner. "It was a prettybig push for me to get here to seeyou fellows away," said his Excel-lency. "New Zealand soldiers havegained a very high reputation. With-out making any invidious distinc-tions, I may say that they can wor-thily take their places beside' anysoldiers of the British Army. Youhave already shown yourselves agood lot of men. I hope you willmaintain your fine reputationthroughout your period of service.

"Lady Liverpool has asked me tobid you good-bye on her behalf. Shehas sent a gramophone, which shehopes will help to while away someof your leisure hours at sea."

His Excellency wished Major Dui-gan and the officers and men thebest of good luck, and expressedthe hope that their transport wouldencounter no submarines, a remarkwhich caused a general smile.

FIRE AT GISBORNE.

BUSINESS PREMISES DESTROYED.

DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT £15,000.

Press Association.

GISBORNE, December 17.The most serious fire which has

occurred in Gisborne for many yearsbroke out in the business area short-ly after noon to-day. As a result, thefollowing business premises werepractically destroyed:—Grundy andShennan's, upholsterers; Guthrie andMaddock's, drapers; Graham andAlexander, tailors; W. J. Sinclair,fruiterer. In addition very greatdamage was done to J. B. Leydon'scoach factory in Bright Street, whileW. E. Robertson's paint shop at therear was totally destroyed. Thepremises of the Federal Cafe and theCo-operative Meat Company weremore or less damaged by smoke andwater. At one time the MethodistChurch in Bright Street appeared tobe doomed, but a sudden change inthe gusty wind saved it.

A moderate estimate of the dam-age is £15,000. The insurances areas follow:—Ardoyne's brick build-ings (owned bv Andrew's estate,Christchurch), £3300, in Standard!office; wooden building (owned byT. Mclntyre, of Tc Arai), £9OO, in theNew Zealand office; Lcyden's paint'shop, £SO, in the State office; Grundy|and Shennan's, stock and plant,£22soin the Commercial Union office,; and£2250 in the Phoenix office; W. J. Sin-clair's stock, £l5O, in the AustralianAlliance office; Guthrie and Mad-dock's stock, £5lO, in the Nationaloffice, £SOO in the Yorkshire office,and £450 in the Sun office; W. Stev-enson's contents, £2OO in the NewZealand office; Graham and Alexan-der's stock, £2OO in the Standard of-fice; J. B. Lcyden's stock and plant,£450 in the State office.

COMMERCIAL.TASMANIA LOSES ON WHEAT.

By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright.(Received December 18, 8.10 a.m.)

HOBART, December 18.In the Assembly the Treasurer stated that

the -Government's loss'*on imported wheatwas £31,010, chiefly caused by the desireto keep the price of bread down.

TASMANIAN FINANCE.

(Received December 18, 9.20 a.m.)HOBART, December 18.

Apart from £350,000 from the Common-wealth Bank Tasmania is borrowing a sumfrom the Commonwealth, which will besufficient to meet her immediate demands.

' AUSTRALIAN WOOL SALES.


The. wool sales will resume on January17,

MELBOURNE, December 18.At Geclong wool sales there was the keen-

est competition at prices ranging from Idto ljd higher than at the close of Novem-ber. Greasy merino realised 24Jd.

There will be no wool sales in Melbournenext week.

LONDON MARKETS.

Dalgety and Company, Limited, havereceived fr.om their London office the fol-lowing cablegram:—"Tallow.—The weeklyauction opened very weak but closed stead-ier. A little fine mutton sold at 50/-. Goodmixed closed at 48/3. and dull mixed at45/-. Good business has been done sincethe auction at full closing prices."

NEW ZEALAND AND RIVER PLATECOMPANY.

Prcsx Association.AUCKLAND, December 17.

The directors of the New Zealand andRiver Plate Company will recommend atthe annual meeting a dividend of 10 percent., this year's interim dividend,"—whichhas been paid, to .be deducted therefrom.The directors will further recommend that£25,000 should be added to the reservefund, and £17,549 carried forward.

WHEAT PRICES.

DUNEDIN, December 17.Prices for wheat locally continue to firm.

It is almost impossible to obtain wheatin the north except at prohibitive prices.Dunedin millers are keeping off the marketas much as possible. One miller who wasasked by the Minister of Defence to ten-der for 200 tons of flour for a troopship,declined, and stated that he could not se-cure wheat except at exorbitant prices, asspeculators were buying all offering tohedge previous losses. The Minister, repliedstating that he was referring the matterto the Prime Minister and the .Ministerof Munitions. In its letter "the "Dunedinfirm suggested purchasing 200"tons of flourin Australia, showing holders that the Min-ister appreciated the - position.

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RISE IN FLOUR.

WELLINGTON? December 17.A Press Association telegram reported a

rise in the price of flour of 10/- per ton inDunedin, bringing it up to £l3 10/- per ton.Several local houses have no advices of anadvance. Sales still are being made at £l3per toil" f.o.b, South Island ports.

TO-DAY'S POULTRY MARKET.

Messrs J. B. Merrett and Co. report a largeentry in their sale to-day. Sbme primelines of goslings, ducklings,: and tablechickens were yarded, and excellent pricesobtained. Hens are easier in price conse-quent on the large number being forcedin the market through dear feeds. Tablechickens realised 6/- to 10/2, goslings 5/6to 12/6, ducklings 3/G to 9/6, hens to 4/8,pullets '3/3 to 7/2/ turkeys 7/- to 28/-, allper pair.

THE SHARE MARKET.The present week has seen but little

variation in the amount of business report-ed on the Stock Exchanges throughout theDominion, prfces being much the same aslast week. The following is the latest in-formation regarding the undermentionedstocks:—

Banks.—New Zealand: Sales of the fully-paid issue were reported at £lO 3/- and £l62/6. No business has been effected in the€3 0/8 paid issue. Union: A sale of thisstock took place on 'Change at £sl.National: A sale is reported at £5 2/6.

Gas.—The only sales reported were Auck-land Gas at £1 10/-. Christchurch: Sellersquote £7 12/6 without resultant business.

Coal.—Westport-Stocktons found buyersat 5/5 (ordinary). For the preference issuebuyers are offering 10/1 without sale result-ing. Westport: Sellers are asking 28/- with-out response. Taupiri: Sellers' price is 15/-,buyers not offering.

Meats.—Canterbury Frozen: Buyers arequoting £5 2/6i£amwthe 6 per cent, prefer-ence without, sellers. Christchurch; Meat:Buyers offer £l6 <f/- for the fully-paid and£3 2/6 for the £2 paid issue, without sel-lers. Gear Meat (£1): Buyers' price is £4

cum: dividend, without sellers.Insurance.—The only business reported

was New Zealand at £6 6/6, £6 5/-, £6 5/-.Sellers are now asking £6 7/6. National:Sellers quote £2 6/3 without buyers de-claring. South British:- Sellers quote £418/-, buyers £4 15/-. Standard: Sellers 35/-,buyers 34/-.

Shipping.—Union Steams changed,handsat £1 5/-, with more offering at £1 5/3.

Woollens.—Kaiapoi: Sales are reported at£5 5/- and £5 6/-. Wellington: Buyers offer£4 19/- (ordinary) and £3 6/6 (preference)without drawing sellers.

Miscellaneous.—A parcel of D.I.C. (pref.)found a buyer at £l. Buyers are offering£2 5/6 for New Zealand Farmers' Co-ops.,sellers asking £2 6/6. Sellers quote 14/6for Mason, Struthers 14/- paid. Buyersoffer £3 17/- for National Mortgage, £5 15/-for Whitcombe and Tombs. Sellers quote£4 14/- for Manning and Co.

Mining.—Sales of Waihis were effected at37/3,, an advance of 3d on last week's clos-ing price. Grand Junctions sold at 19/9.Talismans found buyers at 16/- and 15/9.Prices at closing were buyers 16/-, sellers16/9. Mount Lyells are on offer at £1 7/-without buyers.

SUPREME COURT.

DUNEDIN SITTINGS.Press Association.

DUNEDIN, December 17.At the Supreme Court to-day, Jack

Lyons, who pleaded guilty to acharge of obtaining money underfalse pretences, came up for sentenceand received six months' imprison-ment. John George Brooks, aged 17,who came up for sentence for thetheft of a postal packet, was order-ed to come up for sentence whencalled upon.

ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

A SUDDEN DEATH.

The death occurred at Clarkville onThursday afternoon of Miss WinifredEsther Burgess, aged 20 years, thedaughter of Mrs T. Burgess. She wasvisiting a friend, when she complainedof feeling ill, and went outside. Shewas found shortly afterwards lying onthe ground.

At the inquest held by Mr T. A. B.Bailey, Coroner, yesterday afternoon, averdict was returned on the lines of themedical evidence, that death was dueto heart failure.

SEAMEN ON STRIKE.

TROOPSHIP RATES DEMANDEDPress Association.

AUCKLAND, DecemberThe whole of the crew of a big

Home liner; went, on strike thismorning, demanding increased pay,at troopship rates, for the outwardvoyage, which amounts to 2/- perday extra. :.v ;;

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The whole of the crew are underdetention, a military guard prevent-ing any of them from leaving thevessel. . . '/■.'>■'■;-- '.•■•".

The secretary of the Aucklaiid,Sea-men's 'Union protests stronglyagainst this action, contending thatthe demands of the men are accord-ing to the regulations; and ought tobe conceded.

LINCOLN COLLEGE.

BOARD OF GOVERNORS.

A meeting of the Board of Gover-nors of Lincoln Agricultural Collegewas held at the college yesterday,when there were present:—MessrsH. A. Knight (chairman), J. Deans,W. F. M. Buckley, B. Tripp, J. Loch-head, and R. E. Alexander (direc-tor).

Accounts amounting to £783 13/4were passed for payment: The re-ceipts for November amounted to£655-12/4.

Appreciation was expressed at the Iaction of the students in giving theirprize-money, amounting to £ls, tothe Red Cross Fund.

It was decided that the chairmanshould be given power to purchase acertain block of land suitable forgrazing purposes, if it were foundimpossible to obtain feed for thesheep in any other way.

At the conclusion of the boardmeeting the annual srize-giving tothe students took place in the Lec-ture Room. Mr H. A. Knight, chair-man of the Board of Governors,made a short speech before the cere-mony. He referred to the death ofthe late Hon. E. G. J. Stevens, payinga tribute to his many good qualities. |The . speaker ■ mentioned that about100 students had gone to the front.Ten had been . killed, and manywounded, and no doubt the roll ofhonour would grow larger if the warcontinued. He thought it a decidedmistake for any student under theage of 20 to enlist. He thought if allthe people of New Zealand had doneas much as the Lincoln College stu-dents there would be no heed foricarnivals or conscription, |

Mrs Knight then presented theprizes. The following is the list:—

DIPLOMAS. .'".

C. D. Allan (gold medallist), J. Rennie,W. B. McMillan.

SPECIAL PRIZES.Mr Pyne's Cup, for judging stock prices

at Addington: J. Rennie. Ashburton A. andP. Association's special: C. D. Allan. Rakaiafarmers' special: E. Cameron. MarcroftQold Challenge Medal and certificate forstudent possessing the best all-round know-ledge of stock: John Rennie.

CLASS PRIZES.Third year students: C. D. Allan, first in

agriculture, practical agriculture, chemistry,botany, surveying, surgery, and economics;John Rennie, second in practical agriculture,botany, surveying, and surgery; W. McMil-lan, second in agriculture, chemistry, andeconomics.

Second year students: N. M. Paulsengained the scholarship, and was\ first inagriculture, chemistry, medicine, and book-keeping,' second in engineering, zoology,practical agriculture, and practical chemis-try; Ewen Cameron, first in zoology, engi-neering, practical agriculture, second inagricultural chemistry, medicine;- and .book-keeping; E. C. Miller, first in practicalchemistry.

First year students: J. C. Stephens gainedthe scholarship, and was first in agriculture,chemistry, botany, mensuration, mechanics,and second in practical chemistry; E.AV. J.Millton, first' in practical chemistry,anatomy, mechanics, and second in agricul-ture and chemistry; C. H. Green, second inbotany and anatomy; E. Carlson, second inmensuration; V. Bowker, W. L. Free, andJ. F. Lochhead (equal), first in practicalagriculture.

A SOLDIERS SUICIDE.

DEATH AT TAUHEKENIKAU.Press Association.

CARTERTON, December 18.A case of suicide is reported from

Tauherenikau Camp, Private WilliamPayne, of the 10th Reinforcements-,meeting his death from a self-inflictedrifle-shot wound last night.

Private Payne came from Dunediu.

RED CROSS.SUNDAY CONCERT.

To-morrow evening, at half-past eight,at the Colosseum, the ChristehurchOrchestral Society will give a vocaland orchestral concert in aid of theRed Cross Fund. The programuie willconsist of orchestral, vocal, and instru-mental numbers. The instrumental-ists will be Mr Dan Sinclair, who willplay as a clarinet solo (with full or-chestral accompaniment)' the Polaecafrom clarinet concerto (Weber). MessrsHutton (flute), Sinclair (clarinet), andSchmidt (oboe) will play the trio forflute, oboe, and clarinet (Hamm). Theorchestra will play overture "Rosa-munde" (Schubert), "Morning Song,""Evening Song" (Elgar), and "Vi-vace" from the Scotch Symphony(Mendelssohn). The vocalists will beMr Leu Barnes, who will sing "TheTrumpeter" (Airlie Dix), and Mr W.J. Trewern, who with Mr Barnes willsing the duet ''Army and Navy.'' Theconcert is under the patronage of theMayor. Admission will be by silvercoin. The doors open at 8 o'clock'sharp. Members of the Expedition-ary Force in uniform are invited toattend. The Colosseum has beengiven rent free by the New ZealandPicture Supplies Company, Ltd.

COLERIDGE CURRENT.The report of the Lake Coleridge electric

power system for the week ended December11 shows the following:—

Consump- Maximum Loadtion. load, factor.

Power House .. 95,580 1260 45.2City Council .. 63,820 1000 38.0

ISSUE OF PASSPORTS.A BUSY DEPARTMENT. VA RUMOUR CONTRADICrtD. '

REGULATION NOT ULTRA VIRES; 'X*[Special to The .Sun.]

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' '-*• ~\jWELLINGTON, December. 17. , " :|

Applicants for passports and per— 'mits are still keeping the officers of 'the Internal Affairs Department very -

busy* The passports are requiredby every person who -proposes to .'•%•

[travel to the United Kingdom or •*

'-Egypt, while the permits have" to be,Jsecured by men of military age who >.|purpose leaving New Zealand. •':h,

The officers who have 'the hand- '-*;]ling of these men state that the pro-: ;tportion of young men is high, andthat a considerable percentage of the,' *

applicants are unable to show goodreason why they should be allowed -*

_ Jto depart from the Ddmihibn at thepresent juncture.

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• ,J - - ;,V>A story was in circulation tlie/?v

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other week to the effect that the HB-" J:gulation governing the issue of these* \"ipermits had been found to be, ultra "'*

vires, and that one man had- got;i'!\:away without a permit after insist-.-f----ing on his legal rights. No confirm-., f?ation of that rumour is to be se--;U'cured locally. It is understood, on '"£ijthe contrary, that the department in- '**jtends to institute legalagainst a man who attempted tcf'\i<leave the country withoutfirst secured a permit under the re- ,>

gulation. -

'■ -' ■ > \ .3&TRADES AND LABOUR.

CANTERBURY DRIVERS' UNION;'Â meeting of the Canterbury

Union was held last night, Mr J. ' t>j~&s,Fraser presiding over a good attendance,, Isof members. .-"""V-^The District Council of theDemocratic Party wrote, stating that >}£a meeting was being held for the pur- }fpose of reorganising the council, and'lurging all unions to review the appoint'-,ment of delegates. It was decided that ,ysithe following delegates, beMessrs F. King, D. Williamson,Lyness, and J. D. Fraser. , ~ - ,;-?'>!s

The circular from the Federation of>'l|Labour relative to theConference was received, and Mir'"%Hunter appointed as the unionsentative. - ~ ]"'.>s%

At the request of the executive, Mr ?'JiHunter gave an address on "The Evila -Jof Conscription," with special.ence to its proposed application in New-'4'}5*Zealand. At the conclusion of the ad-.dress, Mr Hunter was heartilyplauded. y •

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SHIPPING NOTES.The steamer Opouri is due at Lyttelton' -";]

to-day with a full cargo of timber; front '4/JGreymoutb. Tlie vessel will sail on Monday- *for Greymoutii, and an endeavour „will_* be '

ymade, to dispatch the vessel frommouth a few days before Christmas. J :; '> - ;7^

The Canterbury ShippingStorm arrived at Lyttelton early this morn-■<*;)sing from Picton. The vessel will sail to-day, /ffor Duiiedin and Timaru, returning on' -"'.'3Wednesday to load fornui. She returns to Lyttelton about Decern-J ££iher 20 and then withdraws ,for a few days •*(&to undergo her annual overhaul and surv<y/Y3r

The steamer Melbourne arrived at Nelsoi|M*yesterday morning from Newcastle, wh<sre/-l|she will discharge about 500 tons of.She is due here -about Monday to discharge 'Mabout 1200 tons, afterwards proceeding to "JjAkaroa to discharge a further 300. tons. "--*j*tAfter completion of discharge the vessel will - Xload timber, probably at Greymoutii, for AftAustralia. , -

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Tlie Kauri will sail to-day for Wellingtonr 'jJand Napier to complete her wool loading S'%for San Francisco. En route the vesselcall at Suva for the purpose of taking 'in,* 1 Ifbunker coal. ' - \-^

The steamer Defender arrived atton early this morning from theCoast with a full ..cargo of timber. Thd^-" 1vessel will sail on Monday eveningHokitika, via Wellington, with general carjfrv \r v

The Union Company's Kamona could not 2ucomplete her discharge yesterday, andwill now sail for Greymoutb direct U»I»' "V-, Jevening. -

: , *•sTlie Parattah will complete her discharge-'

to-day, and will then sail for Dimedin, U5Melbourne, and Sydney for'final discharges,

| Tlie R.M.S. Moana is due at Wellington' 1on December'3o from San ■Francisco. The "\vessel will make a special trip to Lyttelton \ \ _1|a few days later with troops. '"',"■

The Union Company's Arahura is to leave - i~Wellington at noon to-morrow with a full , 'i

! complement of troops on leave. Tlie vessel'"

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v'will arrive here on Monday morning, antf ,will sail in tlie evening for Wellington.-

News has been received in Sydney that • f->*Captain Curtis, of the steamer Chchalis, nowon his way to salve the ex-German steamer • -1Walkure, ashore at Papeete, has asked for - *authority to attempt the salvage of tlie four-masted Dalgonar. This vessel was

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doned in the South Pacific in the autumnof 1913, when bound from Callao in ballastto Taltal, and after drifting about for* some ,•

time was reported to have gone ashore at"

"Maupihoa (Society Islands). The Dnlgonarwas one of the largest full-rigged ships sail-ing under the British flag. The Vanner inwhich the French four-masted barque Loire,of Dunkirk, stood by the Dalgonar for seve-ral days, in order to effect a rescue of thecrew, was nothing short of marvellous,owing to exceptionally bad weather prevail-ing.

NEW ZEALAND~SHIPPING CO.The Remuera, now at Port Chalmers,

leaves there to-morrow evening for Napier,' ■'Auckland, and Wellington.

The Ashburton, from St. John, shouldreach Lyttclton to-morrow.

The Paparoa, from Liverpool, was to leaveSydney yesterday for Auckland.

The Rotorua lqft Plymouth on Thursdayfor Auckland, via Teneriffc, Cape To\A,and Hobart. *

5 'The Whakatane, Homeward hound, ar-rived at Teneriffc on Wednesday.


A Press Association telegram an-nounces the arrival at Wellington ofthe steamer Werribee, from San Fran-liacOj with a record shipment of datk»

Was there ever before a season thatgave such a variety of climatic condi-tions without the one element that theparched earth calls for with juch urg-ency? This week past has been moredisastrous than any of its predecessors.Scorching nof.'-westerly weather hassent the mercury up to a point that hasnot been touched in the past seven years.With it has come even drier herbageand appreciable decrease in the supplyof water in the races and some springs.This applies to the plains.

The Sun want advertisements willbring the help or business desired. Twolines (14 words), sixpence; six inser-tions for 2/6.

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS.HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that wc arc .- v

NOT RESPONSIBLE for any DEBTScontracted by D. SCOTT, Traveller,.he hav-ing no authority to use our name or make,purchases on our account.

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ANTED, 2 Registered PLUMBERS; per/ /' * niancnt jobs i'or good men; fares paid.

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34 Cashcl Street West.

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ticulars Smith's Stores, Sumner. 2982 >

ANTED, 2 Registered PLUMBERS; per-• • manent jobs for good men; fares paid.

W. W. Shirreffs, Invercargill.

WANTED~at"" O'ncc NURSE,| sltglit... knowledge of .maternity work. Apply

RB, Sim -Omcc. 2980ANTED, 2 PANTRYMAIDS; permanent

' » positions. Freeman's Cafe, High St.

ANTED, 2 Registered PLUMBERS; per'manent jobs for good men; fares paid.

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THE

World of LabourA Column for Workers

TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL HALL.

MEETINGS FOR THE WEEK.

SATURDAY, December 18—Trades Council1 and Executive Committee. Typographi-

cal Board Meeting.SUNDAY, December 19—Cliristadelphian

Mission, 11 a.m.MONDAY, December 20—Amalgamated So-

ciety of Engineers, No. 2 Branch. Amal-gamated Society of Carpenters' Union.Tinsmiths and Sheet Metat Workers'Union;

TUESDAY, December 21—General Labour-ers' Union.

WEDNESDAY, December 22—ElectricalWorkers' Union. Bootmakers' Union.

WAKING UP.

THE RAILWAY WORKERS.

I am in regular receipt of the"Loco and the "RailwayReview," the organs of the Locomo-tive Firemen and Engine-drivers As-sociation and the Amalgamated So-ciety of Railway Servants. Whatimpresses me most regarding thesepublications is the tone of discontentand dissatisfaction with wages, ex-isting conditions, and the attitudeadopted towards them by the Gov-ernment, that is so conspicuous afeature of many recent issues of therailwaymen's journals.

Indeed, this discontent is not allconfined to the second division, butis equally marked in the articles inthe "Railway Officers Advocate)"which, I presume, is concerned onlywith the interests of the first divi-sion.

Repeated applications to the Hail-way Minister for a rectification ofgrievances appears to have met withrepeated rebuffs—except in com-paratively unimportant matters.

This discontent is having the effectof turning, the attention of theSecond Division men to the discus-sion of other methods of procedurethan those adopted in the past.

Hitherto the only means at thedisposal of these Government em-ployees has been that of represent-ing grievances to the Minister but aswas inevitable sooner or later, thishas proved to be an empty weapon.The questions now being canvassedare (1) whether the "railwaymenshould take organised political ac-tion, and (2) whether it is desirableto come under the Arbitration Actand have their wages and conditionsfixed by the Arbitration Court.

It was a significant fact that the"loco" men were represented at thelast Open Labour Congress by theirprincipal officers, and the sentimentof these workers is veering stronglyin the direction of more aggressiveaction and closer association withoutside Labour.

Regarding these discussions, I wasmuch interested in a recent addressdelivered by Mr R. Hampton, thenew president of the AmalgamatedSociety of Railway Servants, whomI have always regarded as a solidworking-class thinker.

I have previously asserted in thiscolumn that the railwaymen havebeen selfish in their attitude ofaloofness from therest of the Labourmovement, and my comment broughta brief rejoinder from the editor ofthe "Review" that was of a mostpuerile and childish nature, and be-trayed a keener desire to figure as acheap wit than to help forward asolution of Labour's problems.

It is difficult, however, for aLiberal journalist to get theing-class viewpoint, and this factprobably explains the remark refer-red to. '■■/■•

Mr Hampton's Address.After discussing Other matters,

Mr Hampton went on to discuss theproposal that the railwaymen shouldattempt to remedy their grievancesby coming under the ArbitrationAct. "He had no confidence in thatmethod himself, and would tellthem why. The court was a two toone concern so far as the workerwas concerned. While a Judgemight be fair and impartial, histhought, his whole training, wouldgive him a kind of unconscious biasagainst the workers' interest. Thensupposing they went before thecourt and secured the award, thequestion of administration of thesame came in. They had no guaran-tee that the terms of the awardwould be strictly adhered to, anddifferences of opinion as to inter-pretation, etc., were bound to arise.Factory inspectors, who were Go-vernment servants, like themselves,would have to take these cases up,and in doing so they might even beasked to take action against the headof their own department, who mightalso be Minister of Railways. The (same argument also applied to Mag-!istrates, who would sit on the benchto hear the breaches of awardagainst the Railway Department.Then the question arose as to en-forceing the penal clauses of the Act.If there were any breach of\ theaward on the workers' part, theycould depend upon it that the penal-tics would be rigorously exacted,and the penalties would have to bepaid out of the personal property ofthe members of the union, and themembers of the society would be im-prisoned if the fines were not paid.On the other hand, how were thepenalties to be enforced against thedepartment? . . .

The Best Line of Action.He thought their salvation lay

in taking more interest in politicalquestions, and voting for men whowere in sympathy with the aims andaspirations of labour. Why was it

Ctofoted by D. G. SULUTAN

necessary to take an interest inpolitical questions? He quoted ■from a speech delivered by MjtMcVilly at a social gathering in May

| last, when he had stated that he (Mr ,McVilly) "had never been able to seeany cogent reason why railwaymen'should not get the same pay as otherbranches of the public service, butjwhat the management have beenfaced with the fact that therearc some 33 millions of public moneyinvested in the railways, and themanagement have to earn interest onthat amount, the interest being fix-ed by the policy of the Govern>ment." .Well, having heard, Mr Mc-Villy on the subject, let them turnto Mr Hiley's reports, and see whatthe policy of the Government was.Let his hearers put the statementsside by side and form their ownconclusions. In his report to Par-liament in August, 1914, and againin his report of 1915, Mr Hiley had .

stated: "The arrangements underwhich the railways are authorised,and built in the Dominion are, Iwould respectfully suggest, capableof considerable improvement. Nofigures are prepared by the RailwayDepartment: as -to, the-probable l're-venue from the proposed line, there-fore no reliable calculation can bemade as.to whether the net revenuewill represent a profit or a loss."Whilst on the one hand, continued •

the president, they had Mrsaying that interest on capital mustbe found before they could get any-thing; on the other hand, Mr Hileysaid thai- the Government construct-ed . railways without regard to.whether they paid or not. This was,,a serious position,'and would haveto be faced. v

Why Not 'Betterment?v: \\\

But Mr Hiley had also drawn at-,tention to another matter in his.,-an-nual report which also had an" i:n-:

portant bearing on Mr . McVillv'sstatement. In his report of ."191referring, to the projected '/tion-of a new line of railway in tinAuckland district, he had stated that"the new railway will open out au, "

,entirely, new suburban area . forAuckland . . . bringing desirablecountry in the neighbourhood'-jvith- '

in a few minutes by train of thebusiness centre of the city. It is tobe regretted that the department can.7lnot claim some compensation,, fromlthe 1 land-owners in the shape of. abetterment rate to assist in meetingahe expense : of building the rail-way." That was a very importantand far-reaching recommendation,and if adopted would revolutioniserailway construction in New Zea-*-land. Instead of the workers andthe actual users of the railways hav- --

"Ing to find the whole the inter-est on the capital invested, the in-creased land values would have to .

find a proportion of the interest oncapital. He challenged the Govern- -

nicnt, and the members who hadsupported the bringing of Mr Hileyhere, to give effect to thje recom-mendations he had .made. It wasalong these lines he wished to setthe members thinking.

Greater Needoorf r Unity..

They- were, faced with combina-tions of all kinds," which were con-trolling the necessaries of life, andfixing prices to suit' themselves.These could only be dealt withpolitically. The seeking after high-er wages would never be a solutionot the difficulty. It was like chasing.a "will-of-the-wisp." Whilst they •

were discussing who should be thesenior man on the train—the driveror the -guard—or whilst they were,discussing who should receive themost pay—the tradesman or the la-bourer—the monopolist had' hiseyes to business, and was taking ad-vantage of them at every point. Theyneeded a greater degree of unity intheir own ranks, less selfishnessand self-seeking amongst their ownmembers. . Before he laid down his'reins of office he would like to* seethe railwaymcn .of the second divis-ion united together in one organisa-tion. Was that an impossible ideal?He did not think so. He thoughtthey could safely approach the E.F.and C.A. in order to discuss the mat-ter. He had been told that it wouldbe undignified to do so. Well, hedid not much for that kind ofdignity. Was it very much moreundignified for them to go on asthey were doing,, year after year,having their requests continuallyturned down? With a view of try-ing to bring this about he was pre-pared to suggest a possible basis onwhich they might come to someagreement.

Worthy of Attention.I hope that this thoughtful speech

will receive from both railway andloco, men the, attention that it-"'de-serves. Those parts of it dealingwith political activity, the applica-tion of the betterment principle tounimproved values resulting fromrailway construction and the de-sirability of reaching an understand-ing with the loco, men, have myhearty support. The railway work-ers' organisation have done goodwork in the past for themselves, butnew circumstances demand newmethods, and Mr Hampton is a manin tune with the new spirit of thetimes. It is to be desired that hewill be instrumental in overcomingthe conservative sentiment of hisorganisation. One last remark: Therailwayman have profited by the ac-tivities of outside Labour, and theyhave no right to Uke aii and givenothing in retiinX. '

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THE THEATRES.. CHILDREN'S PANTOMIME.

"THE SLEEPING BEAUTY."The pantomime, based on the

charming old fairy story of "TheSleeping Beauty," is always a. popu-lar one. The production staged lastEvening in the Theatre Royal, actedentirely by children, gave a morerealistic and beautiful representa-tion of the story than could ever beachieved.by adult performers; andin these days, when the thread of theplay is usually lost in an amazingwrapping of rag-time and buffoon-ery, it was a refreshing thing tohave the tale faithfully followed.From the rise of the curtain, which:showed a group of fairies happilydancing and singing in the wood-land, to its final drop, the play was

* entirely successful. It was beauti-fully staged and produced, the songswere bright and new, and the dan-cing dainty, and graceful. The funand "fooling"»was spontaneous andwholesome, and some decidedlynovel touches embellished the pan-tomimed—as, for instance, the item"Doggies," when a group of small iboys.got up to represent dogs were;led on to the stage by the dwarfsPuppet and' Poppet. One of thedwarfs announced that he had train-ed his dogs to'sing for pennies forthe Wounded Soldiers Fund, and a"Bow-wow" chorus, which broughta liberal shower of coins, was theresult.

The-part of Titania, the "FairyQueen, was talked by Miss RubyWilding, whose acting and especiallydancing, (were excellent throughout.Her movements were particularlygraceful and charming, and sheshould. develop into a very cleverdancer later on. There is an origin-ality about her, also, which adds tothe merit of-her performance. MissIda Wilbrahyn " was the QueenRosabel, and her star performance

. was the song and gavolte, "A Dan-. cing Lesson," for which the chorus.- of Court ladies and courtiers made a

pretty background. Master RoyArchibold was the King Palladine,and although he acquitted himselffairly well, he was not quite so goodas the girls who took the principalparts. The part of the PrincessCecelia was capitably taken in thefirst part of the performance by MissPolly Hollander. Later on, whenshe was grown-up, Miss FlossieGoodwin became the Princess. MissIrene Duncan, as Poppeia (theSleep Fairy), had a couple of verypretty songs to her credit, "TheSlumber Song," at the beginning ofthe second act, being particularly en-joyable. This young girl has a Voiceof great sweetness and charm, cur-iously well-modulated and "pol-ished" (if we may use the term) forso youthful a singer. Another voicethat stood out with distinction wasthat of Miss Pessy Hollander (Queenof the Gypsies), who was respon-sible for a quaint "spinning Song."Some of the lower register noteswere particularly fine. Misses IrisDonovan and Kathleen Brewinswere Puppet and Poppet respective-ly, quaint and delightful beings whomasqueraded as dwarf pages. On thesmall shoulders of Poppet and Pup-pet rested much of the mirth-mak-ing, and it may be said that it rest-ed on no insecure foundation. Otherleading parts were taken by MasterLouis Bennett (Prince Ambryn),Miss Irene Leaver (Cassandra, theWicked Fairy), and Master GeoffreyFalck (the Court Herald).

The ballets were spectacular andbrilliant, a particularly striking onebeing the "Winter" portion of the"Ballet of the Seasons." The duetdance of Miss Ruby Wilding andMaster J. Wright was quite a poem—a perfect little cameo of a dance.Much mirth rippled through the play,in which respect honourable men-tion must be given to the "Doggies,"the "Jesters' Song," "It's a Fact," thesong of the village children, "Degen-erate Days," and the "Soldier'sChorus." The latter introduced anumber of topical hits, in which DrThacker and other local celebritiesfigured.

The play was another triumph forthe training and organising powersof Miss A. J. Menzies and Mrs W. S.Wauchop. Some 200 children tookpart. The proceeds are to be de-voted to the Patriotic Fund, and itis a pity, both because of the excel-lence of the play and the cause it re-presented, that the audience was nota larger one. "The Sleeping Beauty"will be produced again to-night andfor the three succeeding nights, and

all who would cast aside dull carefor a spell and enter fairylandshould not fail to see it.

CHRISTCHURCH LIEDERTAFEL.The Christchurch Liedertafel

showed itself to be in its customarygood form last night, and there was

| a large audience of men folk to ap-preciate its merits. To appraise the[merits of individual items would heinvidious wr here all were so wellrendered, but special commendationmust be given the choir for itsspirited interpretation. of such vig-orous songs at Hatton's "Sailor'sSong," and "Toi's Song," and thatembodiment of the spirit of Saga,"Olof Trygvoson," by Ressiger. The"Song of the Northmen" was anothermuch in the. same style, which wastreated with equal understanding.Naturally the programme did notJack variety, and the humorousleavenWas introduced in such songsas "The Frog" (Newton), and the"Laughing Song," by Abt; Thequieter harmonies were not forgot-ten, and the choir achieved great| success in its. expression of "Dun andGrev Appear the Mountains," (Abt),and "The Sunburst" and "Carnival"by Schubert, and a part song particu-larlv enjoyable, both for its ownqualities and for the delicacy of itsrendition was Goss's '"Oh ThouWhose-Beams?' In compliment toMr G.' M. Lucas, a member who willshortly be entering camp, the partsong, "The .Soldier's Farewell," wassung. Several pleasing solos weresung by Messrs W. J. Trewern, W.|G. Tonks, J. F. Peake, and Mrs A.

i Millar. Dr T. L. Oooke gave thepianoforte solo, "Valse Brillante,"bv Moszkowski, and the quartet con-sisting of Messrs Cookson, Vincent,Lake, and Millar received an enthus-iastic recall for their rendering of"Oft in the Stilly Night." Dr Brad-shaw Conducted, and the accompani-ments were plaved by Mr A. Wors-lcy. ■ .

EVERYBODY'S.The current programme at Every-

body's, headed by the successful dra-matic feature "God's Witness," willbe screened finally this evening.Next week* the London Film Com-pany's star feature, "The Man in theAttic," will be\ the headliner atEverybody's. The story deals withthe struggles of the unfortunateswho live in London's slums. OneJacob Clay is a miser, who lives inGooch Alley, where also dwell amother and her daughter. The miseris mysteriously murdered, and sus-picion is thrown upon the mother.The film portrays many realistic in-cidents of slum life and some of thequeer characters to be met withthere. The London Films have areputation for the excellence of theirwork in this class of subject. "TheMan in the Attic", is said to be quiteup to their highest standard. Astrong supporting programme in-cludes "Mashers and Splashers," aWorld Film comedy, showing somegreat fun among a bevy of bathingbeauties.

HIS MAJESTY'S THEATRE."No Greater Love" will be screen-

ed this afternoon and this eveningfor the last time in Christchurch, asalso will the Anita EarleWilliams picture. On Monday a fea-ture comedy entitled "C.0.D., orThree of a Kind," an exhilaratingand breezy picture, will be screen-ed. Three men, the initials of eachbeing C.0.D., are on a holiday. Theirrespective wives also decide to havea bachelor holiday, and fate playsmany tricks on them. There is asplendid supporting list, includinga most interesting depiction of KingAlbert of the Belgians in severalplaces at the front.

GRAND THEATRE."The Rajah's Tunic," and the fine

supporting subjects in the pro-gramme at the Grand Theatre, willbe screened for the last time thisevening. A notable picture in thebill is a George Ade comedy, con-taining all the humorous satirewhich has won him his large follow-ing among book-lovers.

THE GLOBE.The many and varied subjects

comprising the programme at theGlobe were screened before appre-ciative audiences at the matineesessions this afternoon. This even-ing will be the last opportunity givento witness the twelfth episode of thegreat mystery serial and the sup-porting items. Next week the thir-teenth instalment of the serial willbe shown.

SYDENHAM PICTURES.The double-star progranfme at the

RED CROSS FUND.

MEETING OF EXECUTIVE.

A meeting of the executive. of theCanterbury Centre of the Red. CrossFund was held yesterday afternoon,when there were present: Mr J. A.Flesher (in the chair), Dean Carring-ton, Lieutenant-Colonel Creswell, MessrsA. Boyle, E. Nordon, M. J. Gressoh, H.L. Bowker, jun., and Dr A. F. J. Mickle.

Mr Reeves reported that he had visit-ed Cust on December 1, and again ona .later date, when he; met a numberof men, and they were distinctly infavour of Red Cross work.

The chairman reported that he had,met Mrs Palmer (president) and MrDaly (secretary) 'of the Catholic Club,and they intended collecting from theirchurch people within the city only, andthey had been supplied with the neces-sary printed matter.

With regard to a request to the Go-vernor, asking him to use his influenceto hasten the appointment of the Wel-lington, Auckland; and Dunedin dele-gates to the Red Cross Council, whichwill probably be held in January, hisExcellency replied regretting that suelirequests were not within his sphere ofduties, although he agreed that suchappointments should be made as earlyas possible.

.Th'p chairman said he thought thatWellington had moved in t,he matter,but he did not know what the othercentres had done.

The chairman said that Mr BernardTripp had notified that he would bewilling to visit the northern part ofthe South Island in the interests ofRed Cross work..Mr Nordon that he had heard

that the Newi Zealand War Funds' As-sociation was short of money, and wouldhave to make an appeal. He consideredthat the Red Cross Fund might givesome little assistance to the associa-tion.

Mr Gresson said that he thought thatthe;War Funds Association was outsidethe scope of the fund.

Mr Nordon said he would apply tothe Patriotic Fund.

Mr M. J. Gresson complained that thefund was hoarding up too much money,and he thought some of it should besent Home. He said that the activitiesof the Walton Hospital were beinghampered for the want of funds.

Mr Nordon considered that this wouldbe an excellent idea.

Mr Gresson then moved that the com-mittee remit £IOOO out of the GeneralAccount to the St. John's Gate, witha request that it should be forwardedfrom there to the Mediterranean, thetised as far as possible for the benefitof New Zealand soldiers.

The motion was carried, and it wasresolved to make a recommendation tothe Finance. Committee.

The Bandage Committee reportedthat there was" a shortage of material,and it was only necessary to work onenight a week. • ■ ■

The report was adopted.Mr Gresson reported that, as far

4 asthe city Red Cross depot was con-cerned, subscriptions were coming in veryfreely. Something like £6OO or £7OOhad already been-r'eceived, and promisesof £SO or £6O a week had been givenuntil the end of the war.

The balance-sheet for the piano re-cital held on November 20 showed acredit of £45 3/-. It was reported thatthe money had been paid in.

The Savage Club wrote, offering toprovide evening entertainments in thesuburbs and elsewhere for the benefitof the fund. The offer was acceptedwith thanks.

The chairman of the Linwood RedCross Fund Committee wrote, enclosinga resolution passed by the Men's Com-mittee. The resolution was as follows:"That the matter of promiscuous col-lecting for Red Cross purposes bebrought before the Central Red CrossExecutive, and it is suggested that theyadvertise the authorised methods ofcollection, and by what bodies, and alsothat definite boundaries be laid down."

The letter stated that much canvass-ing of a questionable nature was done,which militated against a propersystem and called for adverse criticismof the collectors and the body they re-present.

It was decided to reply that the sub-committee had the matter under con-sideration.

The Christchurch Technical Collegewrote, offering the school equipment and

the use of the premises during theschool holidays.

Owing to the short time for organisa-tion, the offer was not accepted.

It was reported that on Band Satur-day some of the collectors were wear-ing Red Cross badges.

It was decided to urge those respon-sible for street appeals to refrain fromusing the society's badge, unless theproceeds were for wounded soldiers atthe front.

The Christchurch Meat Companywrote," offering to forward approxi-mately 2353 21b tins of stewed and cur-ried ox-tail ¥or the benefit of the NewZealand wounded in hospital.

The offer was accepted with thanks.The Waimate branch wrote, stating

that it had £IOOO ready to be for-warded as soon as the New- ZealandRed Cross organisation was -.started.Meanwhile the committee was preparedto forward £SOO.

The letter was received.The financial statement showed that

the" total cash at the Union Bank was£2102 0/2, and the total cash in handwas £1722 0/2.

LATEST SUBSCRIPTIONS.

.The Order of St. John and Red CrossSociety acknowledges the followirigsubscriptions:—

For sick' and wounded soldiers at thevarious hospitals were New Zealandersare lying:—Amount previously acknow-ledged, £12,952 16/-; Christmas giftfrom Motukarara School children, perMrs Pitt, 11/6; total £12,952 7/6.

The Ladies' Committee also acknow-ledges with thanks receipt of( gifts inkind from the following:—Miss' Hawker,the Methven Branch, Springfield, Rus-sell's Flat, and Kdwai Bush, per MrsJohnson, the East Christchurch Girl'sSchool, Clubs," Mrs Mus-grave, Miss Forsyth, the Cricketers'Bandage Club,' the Sydenhamthe Linwood School children, the Rie-carton School, Mrs Calvin Lord, theOpawa branch, per Mrs Gebbie,'. AFriend, Mrs H. Amos, A.D., per MissHumphreys, Mrs Wilford, the WoolstonRed Cross Branch, the Cricketers' Ban-dage Team, Teachers' Bandage Team,the Wo.odend-Waikuku Red CrossBranch, the Cust District and WestEyreton Red Cross, Latimer, SquareBranch.

PRIZE DISTRIBUTIONS.ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL.

This year the children of St. Michael'sSchool gave up their prizes and breaking-np ceremony, and held instead an en-tertainment in aid of the Red Cross. Thetotal amount thus raised was £3B. Thefollowing would have been awarded prizes:

Scrioture:—Standards .'VI. and V.—Dor-othy Wicks, Madge Neave, Constance Beth-tine, and Alan Robertson. Standards IV.and lll.—Albati Cole, Fred. Wicks, NancyYoung, Cedric Cole, Lulu Gudsell, andNorman Robertson. Standards 11. and I.—Margery Cotterell, Charlie Searby, MajorLummls, Len Ardley, Doris O'Halloran,Doris Soole, and Elsie Smith. Infants.—Ada Tapper. Gwen Jones, Eileen Robert-son, Frank Steele, Myrtle Thompson, EdithJones, and Lily Copplcstonc.

Standard Vl.—Marks, Victor Hean 1, Dor-othy Wicks 2. V. Hean (arithmetic); C.Rarrett (composition); B. Young (spelling);C. Bethune (cooking); A. Robertson (wood-work) : C. Barrett (drawing); B. Youngjf'drawing); A. Basker (improvement inwriting); C. Bethune, V. Hean, M. • Neave,A. Robertson, and D. Wicks (attendance);A. Robertson (nature study).

Standard V.—Marks, George Marra lj AlanHendy and Cecil Austin 2, L. Warner(arithmetic); C. Austin (spelling); A. Rey-nolds (cooking); R. Box (woodwork); A.Reynolds (drawing); M. Peters (drawing);C. Austin (composition); B. Bridgland, M.George, L. Last, M. Peters, A. Reynolds, N.Sims, O. Small, and L. Warner (attend-ance).

Standard IV.—Class marks, Harrv Blake1, Norman Robertson 2, Fred Wicks 3,Percy Bradford 4 Fred Wicks (composi-tion, geography, English, arithmetic);Madeline Crome (spelling); Reuben Bctts(spelling); Rita Petrie, Harry Blake, FrankDixon, Estelle Woods, Laurie Moody, Len.Turnbull, May French, Charlie Kennedy,and Kathleen Marshall (homework); RitaPetrie and May French (sewiiig); HectorFroggatt (composition and drawing); FredWicks, Charlie Kennedy, Wilfred Neave,Norman Robertson, Stanley Thomson, LuluGudsell, Laurie Moody, Harry Blake (attend-ance) .

Standard Hl.—Class marks, Isabel Searby1, Cedric Cole 2. Grace Hazard (composi-tion, English, and geography); NancyYoung (arithmetic); Cedric Cole (spelling);Grace Hazard (homework); Grace Beau-champ (sewing); Cedric Cole, Clem. Knight,Grace Hazard, Isabel Searby, and NancyYoung (attendance). j

Standard ll.—Marks, Major Lummis 1, IDoris O'Halloran, Walter Cheescman, andLen. Ardley 2. Trevor Guntrip (specialprogress); Doris Soole (arithmetic); Mar-gery Cotterell (composition); Trevor Gun-trip (composition); Eva Cooke (arithmetic):Ene Shave (spelling), Doris Soole, EvaCooke, Doris O'Halloran, Ena Shave, IreneSeymour, Major Lummis, Walter Cheese-man, Ruby Neave, Eric Oakes, CharlieSearby (attendance), Winifred Teear andDoris Soole (sewing); Walter Cheeseman(nature study).

Standard I.—Marks, Daphne Chapman 1,Janet Watson and Elsie Smith 2. Irene Mc-Carthy (arithmetic); George Rae (arith-metic) ; Daphne Chapman (arithmetic);Janet Watson, Elsie Smith, Norton Dilli-more, Selwyri Tombie, Edgar, Clarkson (at-tendance).

Class V. —Marks, Eileen Robertson 1,Mavis Goode and Elsie Hendy 2. BertieSmith (drawing); Harry Horner, GwenJones, Ada Tapper, and Greta Beumelburg(attendance).

.<■ Class IV.—Masie Chapman 1, Eva Box 2,Fred.; tcear'.'.3; : --Frank Steel •4. ArthurHazard, Alma Peacock (drawing).

Class lll.—Molly Overton 1, Doris White2, Ida Hazard 3, Mercia Cotton 4. IdaHazard, Violet Kennedy (drawing).

Class ll.—Jimmy Wicks 1, Thelma Neave2, Ilys Duggan 3, Noelle Box 4.

Class I.—Mavis Crowhurst 1, Phyllis Allen2, Rita Odering 3, John Blake 4.

BALCAIRN SCHOOL.The annual school picnic was held at

the Leithflcld Beach on Wednesday. ' MrR. Giles's traction train, kindly lent forthe purpose, conveyed the children andparents to the seaside;. During the after-noon the prizes were presented by thechairman, Mr Fleming, who also presented,on behalf of the children, a pair of sil-

ver cases to Miss Dalzell, the assistant mis-tress, who is leaving the district; The fol-lowing is the prize list:—

Standard Vl.—Evelyn Taylor 1, HectorMunro 2.

Standard V.—Gilbert Henderson 1, MayKelcher 2, Edward Smith 3. •

Standard. IV.-r-Horace Mills 1,, AlbertJones 2. /

Standard lll.—Margaret Henderson 1,Hanmer Robertson 2, Gladys Botherway 3.

Standard 11.-—Norman Robertson 1, Mar-jorie May 2, Jean -Jamicson. 3.

Standard I.—Ruby Newhy" 1, DouglasHenderson 2, .Eileen Carroll 3.

Primer 3—lan Noble 1.Primer 2—Esma Jones 1.Primer I—Elsie1—Elsie Dron 1.In the evening a social was held in the

schoolroom, Mr Noble, the headmaster, ex-pressed regret at the departure of'MissDalzell, at the same time referring to thegood work .she .had done in the school.Mr Fleming then presented to Miss Dalzellfrom the residents a handsome silver teaservice, -suitably inscribed.

SUMNER KINDERGARTEN.The annual prize-giving of the Sumner

Kindergarten School took place yesterdaymorning, the following being ■ the-."prizelist:—

Standard ll,—Olga Raphael.

Standard I.—Ranee Broughton, Zoe Arm£* \'tstrong,, Margaret McClatchic. ' '.Class JH.—Lynton Bronghton, Betty

sett, Leo Armstrong, Geoffrey Williams. v£?\~Class ll.—Roie de Pass, Winifred

ton, Kitty Raphael, Asheton Tongue. -

Class I.—Jack Heslip, KathleenGeorge McClatcliie. '

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SEASIDE SUBURBS.SUMNER-REDCLIFFS NOTES.

Frovi'Our Own Correspondent. ,

"Matters on the bowTing green havobeen very busy during the past week.The Handicap Singles, for which thevice-president (Mr W. F. Raphael) do-nated a prize, wTore concluded, the finalbeing fought out between R. Gibbs andF. Wooler, the former winning by five

„points. Both players have shown con-siderable improvement in.their play of

late. The Handicap Doubles have alsobeen advanced a stage. Heyes andMitchell and Roberts and Booth were■winners of their respective sections. The

• remaining section will be decided to-day, when Wooler and Maynard playHeslop and Boulton. The entries for

■ \the championship events have closed,and tb.6 draw will be made early in theweek. For this afternoon a two-rink

' match has been arranged at Sumner-'.. against the - newly-formed Brighton, Club. The local men selected to play

t are as -follow:—Booth, Parsons, Hamp-ton, Boulton' (skip) ; Graham, Winter,

-. Gosset, Barlow (skip). The following1 ,are-the results ofv games played during

the week in. the Senior Yankee CroquetCompetition:—H. J. Williams- (scr) de-

> feated E. G. Rawnsley (5 bisques); H.J. Williams (scr) defeated Mrs E. A.

- .Johnson (1); E. A. Johnson (1) de-feated H. J. Williams (scr); H. J. Wil-

" liams (scr) defeated T. F. Chambers(scr). i

The' Junior Tennis Competition games- , have- resulted as follow:—B. Barlow■(scr) defeated H.,Jnstone/(18), Miss

r„, Hart (20), Miss

(12), and R. Ogier (14); H. Instone(18) defeated I. Wilson (8) and MissManiott (20); C. White (12) defeatedL. Marquet (15).

To-morrow the Presbyterian ChurchWhich has just been erected, will be for-mally opened. The morning service willbe taken by the Rev. T. McDonald, MrA. K. Rule, 8.A., will conduct the after-noon service, and the Rev. A. T. Thomp-son, M.A., 8.D., the evening service. Forthe last two years the congregation hasmet in the Sumner Town Hall, but atlast council meeting notice was receivedterminating the hire of the hall.

Amongst the-successful candidates inthe new Pharmaceutical examinationsthe name of Mr A. L. Sarney appears.Mr Sarney is chief assistant to Mr E. A.Johnson, the local chemist, and is to becongratulated on passing his examina-tion at the first attempt.

children attending the Sumnerwchool will be granted their Christmasholidays from Tuesday next. It wasthe unanimous wish "of the scholars thatthis year there should be no prizes, andthat even the customary picnic shouldbe abandoned. However, some slightentertainment is. in store for them onTuesday next.

Matters in connection with the supplyof electric light for Redcliffs are nowwell under way. It is the intention ofthe council to utilise the power for thepurpose of driving pumps at the water-Works stations in Redcliffs. The motorswill be obtained as quickly as possible,and the whole work of reticulation car-ried out without delay.

Complaints are again being made thatsome residents of the borough are usingthe high pressure water supply for gar-den, purposes. If the season continuesdry, as it gives' every prospect of doing,it will be necessary that no wastage ofwater occurs, if all the residents are toget the quantity of water which theyare allowed. A warning that it is abreach of the by-laws to use the waterfor garden purposes by means of ahose may have the desired effect.

Duncan Street has now been formedand a start is to be made to cover theformation with 6in of clay. The resi-dents in this portion of the borough,formerly known as Johnsonville, arepleased that the work, of forming theback roads has at last been taken inhand.

Mr. W. S. Heyes, manager of the localI Gas Works, will leave early next week[on a visit to the North Island. Weunderstand that - Constable Hampt'onalso leaves for the north at the endof the month to enjoy a spell.

The sock afternoon held at Sumneron Tuesday last to provide socks for

I the New Zealand boys in the trencheswas very well attended and resulted inover 120 pairs of socks being obtained.This was very gratifying to Mrs Hol-land (Mayoress of Christchureh andpresident of the Lady Liverpool Fund)who was present by invitation. Dur-ing the afternoon Mrs Holland toldthe ladies present some of the workwhich the Liverpool Committee weredoing. She explained that the Christ-mas shipment of goods to the frontcomprised 200 cases which includedamongst other things 15,000 handker-chiefs, 10,000 pairs socks, 10,000 tins milk5000 cakes of chocolate, 10,000 pairs 'ofboot laces, 10,000 writing outfits, 5000cakes of soap, 5000 tins of Keating'spowder, 2500 bulldog buttons, 943shirts, 1531 balaclavas, 1257 scarves,418 under vests, M 3 pairs,, of mjttens,6000 waistcoats, 1 ton of cake, 10 cases•of cake on the troopship, and to-bacco for 5000-men. In addition £2Ohad been cabled to Miss Mackenzie forNew Zealand Soldiers,"£s had been givento the Seamen's Institute for the menof the New Zealand squadron,,and twocases had been sent.to Samoa. At pre-sent the committee were preparing tbsend Christmas gifts to the camps atTrentham, Maymorn, Rangiotu, andTauherenikau. The audience were as-tounded at i the formidable list of art-icles which had been sent .and all, agreedthat the committee had-do/ic and weredoing- excellent work.

General regret was felt in the bor-

ough yesterday when it became knownthat Mrs Johnson, mother of, Mrs I.Wilson and Mrs Leithead, had passedaway. The deceased lady was an oldresident of Sumner, and took a keeninterest in the work being done for thereinforcements. She was present at thesock afternoon in the'' early part ofthe week and donated a pair of sockswhich she had knitted.

Anniversary Day passed off veryquietly and without accident. The dis-agreeable weather and the many coun-ter attractions affected the attendanceof visitors which shewed a slight fall-ing off as compared with other years.

NEW BRIGHTON NOTES.From Our Own Correspondent.

Residents of Brighton will be painedto hear that Mr S. Dugarde is lying ina very critical state in a private hos-pital, his condition causing the gravestanxiety. Mr Dugarde, since coining toNorth Brighton, has endeared himself,by his kindly actions, to a large circleof friends, and the interest that he, to-gether 'Dugarde, has taken inBed Cross and other matters arising outof the war stamps him as a most valu-able momber of the community. Mr Du-garde was a little easier this morning,having passed a fairly quiet night.

The Flower Day in aid of the band'snew instrument fund, set down for to-day, promises, at time of writing, to bemarred by the weather. A fine lot of'flowers has been gathered together, andan army of workers will canvass theborough from end to end. The commit-tee wishes to extend its sincere thanksto all those ladies and gentlemen whohave come forward to assist and to tiiemany donors of flowers, especiallyMessrs C. March and ,f: Suckling. Theband will play outside Patterson's TeaRooms this evening, to help along theeffort, and it is to be hoped that the.residents of Brighton will do their partin the support of a worthy object.

Local flower enthusiasts took a shareof the prizes at the Eiver Bank Carni-val Mower Show on Anniversary Day.Mr C. March was successful in thehardy flowers class, and gained secondplace with an exhibit of roses. DrStevens also secured a first in roses.The ladies of Brighton worked hard in

their cake tent, and as a result of tbeirlabours will be able to baud iu a goodamount.

A meeting of the Bowling Club washeld in Craddock McCrostic's office onMonday night, Captain A.'-W. Owles pre-siding over a full attendance. ' Severalimportant matters were dealt with, andthe club's financial position, which wasshown to be very sound, was fully dis-cussed/ It was decided to obtainprices for the installation of 10 morelockers, to be built at once. A sub-committee, consisting of Messrs Beau-mont; Gardner, and Reiger, was set upto take in hand the pr6vision" of after-noon tea on Saturdays and special days.

The recent warm weather has beenthe means of ..lining the beach withholiday makers and bathers. The bath-ing season is now in full swing, andhundreds of people take the opportunity-presented to enjoy the delights of surfbathing. The Surf Club is doing goodwork with its beach inspectors, andthere is no doubt that these enthusi-asts will do a lofto popularise surf bath-ing among the more timid, of the public.

The executive of the Annual Gala, atits meeting on Tuesday. evening, dis-cussed several novelties for introductionon gala day. The chairmen of the vari-ous sub-committees were elected, andwill attend with their reports at thenext executive" meeting on Tuesdayevening. Given fine weather, the galaof 1916 .should be the most successful inthe annals of the borough.

LATENEWS

JTHE SUN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915.14

a holidayTaking a house at Brighton meansSTARTING WORK AGAINSTRAIGHT AWAY, carting goods,fixing up rooms, cooking meals,etc., as well as coal, rent, meat,groceries/and other sundry accounts.Besides, it is undignified to arrive foryour holidays like this.

The Difference...You can have an ideal holiday at the BRIGHTON CAFE, withevery attention and comfort, at moderate cost. Excellent mealsprepared by an, expert chef, and served up in the best style.Instead of arriving as above, youcan arrive with ease and com-fort, like this

BOOK NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

BRIGHTON CAFEALFRED JOHNSTON, Proprietor.

'Phone 4.

WHITE Voile Blouse, black stripe, in the"Phyllis," at 5/:s. MAWSON'S, LTD.,

Wholesaling to the public; wholesale- pre-mises, wholesale rent, .wholesale prices.

ANTED Known, Hirß.-SortjniseiJ makes aT»: wallpapers'!-of latest de-■ niii"--' % " ' 2965

Knowing Our GoodPeople expect more from us than frommost firms, and the . success of ourbusiness depends on their not beingdisappointed. This letter shows theconfidence which our reputation hascreated, anjd justifies our policy ofdoing better than we promise."I am very well satisfied with suit, anddon't regret going to.your shop. I wasstrongly urged to go by S.W., as I hadbeen disappointed by other tailors be-fore. .The unit is a perfect fit."

This letter, as well as many others justas commendatory, can be seen in ourshop. Don't have any vain regrets.Have your holiday suit" made by thetailors who know how. \

ELLIS & Co.THE TRIANGLE, HIGH STREET

LATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

PERRY'S BOOTREPAIRING FACTORY

■fl Qrt ARMAGH STREET, near Manches-\.OA ter Street.rpo LET, 2 weeks from 24th December,

Smart Furnished Bungalow Homoat Sumner. Apply F.H., Sumner P.O. Nochildren. -

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2905ANTED toSelli Good Young Gow, spring-

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Track Jogger. Apply 01 Simeon St.,'Spreydon. 2973

ANTljf) to Sell, Good Reliable Gig Horse,thoroughly quiet; also, Tray Gig and

Harness, separately or otherwise. 250 Mile:Road. 2960

ANTED Known, about * ton oi Hay» » for sale. Apply 220 Stanmore Road,

Richmond. ._ .1 f _.

™*\* LI- Leading Styles . in Tussore Silk

- Blouses, 7/6, <S/3, 9/0. MAVVSON'S,LTD., the Red_Sign, Lichfield St.

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_2962r 7vKrEl> to Sell, 2 Alfa Laval Separ£-� T tors in perfect order. IT. 11. Sorcnseh,

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THE New "Chrystalinc" Blouse, verysmart, at 9/6. MAWSON'S, LTD.,. 88

LichflelU Street. Late Night Friday. 2962ANTED Known, H. B. Sorensen is still

» » selling excellent "Soap, 10 bars for 7/-casc. •

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2905ANTED to Let, Smart Home (furnish-ed) from ,24th December' to 7th January

at Sumner; no children. Apply F. H.,C/o Sumner P.O.

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2905

THE Shadow Voile Blouse, in Mauve,Black, and' Navy Stripe, at 9/6; variety

of styles. MAWSON'S, LTD., the Manu-facturers. 2902

Polish; lOd jper tin.

WHERE TO GO SUNDAY(COLOSSEUM, Tomorrow Night, 8.30-

J Orchestral Society. Vocal and Orches-tral Concert. Popular programme. Orches-tra (52). Red,...Gross,. l-'urnl.,- Silver jcoinadiniSsiori; Expeditionary TrobpVrs ';?iiiL'iuni-jform invited. ■■'■'.■ ' i 2971

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Y B ECKETT PI KE,99 CHESTER STREET(Near Madras Street).

£3 Years in practice. Late GovernmentMasseur, Hanmer and Rotorua.

Specialist inMASSAGE AND HYDROTHERAPY |

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If you are suil'ering, write, or call andsee us. Send for Booklet.

CONFIDENTIALA T the Colosseum Tomorrow (Sunday)

Night, only those admitted who like apopular programme. Orchestral SocietyOrchestra (52). Silver coin. Red Cross"■■iid. 2971

7HITE "Silk" with Navy"7md~Bh7ck'"Spo7,in the "Pearl" mid "Laura" at 9/9.

Exceptional value at MAWSON'S, the RedSign, Lichfield Street. 2962

OHN HALL'S CASH PRICES.

NEW CURRANTS 6d~lbT SULTANAS 8d lb.SEEDED RAISINS 7d lb. MUSCATELS 1/4 lb.ALMONDS—Dessert 2/8 lb, Cooking 1/10 lb.APRICOTS—Dried 10' d lb,. New 1/- lb.RAlSlNS—Seedless 6d lb. PRUNES 6d lb.PEEL—Lemou 9d, Orange 9d, Mixed lOd lb.JELLIES—Eusign assorted, 6 packets for 1/-.PINEAPPLE—Chunks Cd, Whole 9d.CUSTARD POWDER—Bird's 8d and 1/3.CANDLES—S.L. Wax 6Jd, Nationals 7d.MlLK—Highlander 7d tin, 6/6 doz; L.S.D. 7d.CREAM OF TARTAR 2/4 lb.ESSENCE—C. and B. 9d.CORNFLOUR—Indian 7d, others 4d.EPSOM SALTS Id packet, 8d dozen, 4/6 box.JELLY—Calf's Foot plain 1/-, flavoured 1/2.LEMON SQUASH—Brooks's 1/4.LIME JUlCE—Montserrat 1/10 and 3/-,

Ship's 1/6.MACARONI—Crown 7d, Italian Bd.PATENT GROATS & PATENT BARLEY lid.RENNET 1/3. SEIDLITZ POWDERS 1/-.RICE 2*d. SAGO 24d. TAPIOCA 2Jd.BOOT POLISH 3d tin, or 5 tins for 1/-.TEA—Crown Ceylon Coupon Tea 1/8, 1/10,

2/-, and 2/4 lb.KEROSENE i/9 tin, 9/3 case.CHEESE—Prize Factory lid lb.

Free Delivery, and 1/- in the £ Coupons.JOHN HALL & CO., LTD., Oock Tower.

THAT GOITREMakes you 111 and miserable. If youcall round we will give you a FreeConsultation and satisfy you that we

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The Bottle with the Green LabelIs the last Skin Preparations.It isjfor the Skin, and the Skin only.It heals all trouble connected with it—<Chapped Hands, Bough Skin, Cuts,Burns, Sores, Or Eruptions. It is thepreparation de luxe for Sunburn. Aluxury after shaving.'lt is absolutely the only preparation'

on. the market that does NOT containAcid, Spirit ', Fat, Grease, Vaseline, GumTragaeanth, or starch.

Once used always used. Try it. Sendthree petinj' stamps to Box 149 forsample.

Obtainable all chemists and stores,price •£/-, or direct from

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CONSCRIPTIONr O need to force anybody to attend Grand

■ ■ Concert, Colosseum, To-morrow Night(Sunday). Orchestral Society Orchestra(52). Popular programme enough ihdupc-ment. 2971

Miigs and Turkeys next Friday. ~"■"- 2965

BLACK Stripe Voile Blouses, variousstyles, at 4/9. MAWSON'S, Blouse

Specialists. Late Night Fi'iday, 9 o'clock.

TOT^^?jGl>; Known, H. B. Sorcnscn can»y/qupie^'sheep or fowl netting ;at -rea-

sonable:' rates. '•./'■ ';"' ' •';' ■'••"••■2965

~\ As far as 1 can see~* Those parcels are a-'worry to me;

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fflfOMEJeweller, Diamond Mounter & Setter.

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ANDERTONLadies' Fashionable Tailor

New and Fashionable Goodsnow in band. Costumes madein the latest styles from £4.Note the address—-

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ladies specially catered for.

The CARLTON is Open till 1 a.m.BUSINESS 1 / 12 to 2LUNCH J./" a Specialty

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Apart from Pianos and all other dasses ofMusical Instruments* we make a very specialfeature of the Gramophoniebusiness. Our stockis varied to a degree, and any class of Machine ;

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200 High Street Christchurch

JUST A FEW DAYSTO CHRISTMAS!( '•

Just now you will be thinking about that Christmas Present.for father, mother, sister, brother, wife, or sweetheart. The.question of expense concerns you more than usual this c

Christmas. You-want to send an acceptable present withoutunduly taxing your purse. The simple way out of it is tobuy.from Bailey, and the.best time to buy, is now/)_;;; ; ;';

BATLEY'S GENUINESALE OF JEWELLERY

is your opportunity to get your Christmas Present: at »

discount of anything from 6/- to 10/- in the '£. £SOOOof high-class Jewellery is going at actual wholesale cost, aid Vin many instances at less than cost. We want the cash, and' Iwe are making it worth your while to come to us. Here;are,;a few instances. Itemember, thegoods are TOP QUALITY. ,

LADIES' GOLD WRISTLET £S." JEWEL CASES :. ../..... ;. .. ,10/-- ;,

MILITARY BRUSHES /. .: .. .iMANICURE SETS .. .. .. .. .. 17/6POCKET BOOKS .. .. ..

.".'. ..:':.'. 12/6ENGAGEMENT AND DRESS RINGS from £2 g

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RACING AND TROTTING.

r,.; RACING FIXTURES.December 27—Taratahi-Carterton R.C. An-

» i nual. -■' • , '•. , • •' •

Member 27—Kaikoura R.C. Annual.December 27—Hurunui Turf Club's Annual.December 27'and 28—Cromwell J.& AnnualDecember 27 and 28—ThamesJ.C. Annual.December 27 and 28—Taranald J;C. Xmas.December 27, 28, and 29—Manawatu R.C.

j ; Summer.. -,, .< . ~-■<■■ ■:„■. .December 27,and.28—Dunediri J.C. Summer.December 27 and 254-Reefton J.C. : Summer.December 27 and' 30, January 1 ;jid3—Auck-

'.* land R.C. Summer. ; VDecember, 27—Porangahau R.C. Annual.

; '; ■' /;" ACCEPTANCES. ";, .'''

December ik—Reeftbn J.C. -Summer.December 18—Karamca J.C. Annual.December 18—Greymo'uth J.G. : Summer. 'December 21-«Forangohau R.C. Annual.December 21—Marton J.C. Summer.December 22—Waikouaiti R.C. Annual.December 23—Wairarapa R.C. Summer.

» TRCPtTIHG FIXTURES:December *IS—New • Brighton %C. >, Summer.December 27-r-AshbUrton T.C. Summer.December 27—Gfore T.C. Annual. ' -

December 27 -and 28—Westport T.C. Sum-mer, j

December. 28, 29, and 31—Auckland T.C.Summer.

January and 3—Canterbury Park T.C.Summer.

I ACCEPTANCES.December 20—Gore T.C. Annual.December 22-—Ashburton T.C. Summer.December 22Grcymouth T.C. .Summer.

TURF TOPICS.iThe only two that failed to make

the final payments for the AucklandGjup were Jack Delaval and LadyPenury. This leaves -15 standingtheir.,ground, but it is quite on thecfcrds that/Merry Roe and one or twooff the light-weights may not go tothe post. Warstep and Snub can beregarded as certain starters, and asthey will ba bracketed on %;.machine, Mr Dalgety's pair are suretoj come in for very strong supporton the day. Of all-the Ellerslie-trained division, Colonel Sbult hasmOst friends, but ij looks as if Bal-bcia will go out actual favourite. Heisireported to he in much better rac-ing condition than when seen out atJbjccarton, and he will certainlyhtyve to : improve on his southernform-to justify the high expectationsformed of him. There is nothingvery attractive about the prospectsof Sir Solo,and Kooya, but on actualform Blackall must have a greatchance. He proved his ability overtwo miles in the New Zealand Cup,and should strip in improved formfor his Auckland contract. Mullingarand Maniaroa both have fair pros-pects, indeed the latter is really wellin on his recent achievements.Amongst the light-weight divisionSnub can be relied on to acquit him-self creditably.

Only six three-year-rolds have been

Eaid up for . in the Great Northern>erby, and with Desert Gold in the

field, backers will not have muchdifficulty in finding a favourite."The Wellington Racing Club takes

entries for its Summer Meeting uptill Monday next.

iNenno, who was recently disposedofi by Mr G. D. Greenwood to apatron of A. Goodwin's stable, is re-ported to be doing very well atTrentham: She will carry her newowner's colours in some of the minorevents at the Carterton meeting.

R. Reed will do the riding for T.Quinlivan's' stable at the AucklandRacing Club's Meeting. .

,Though Merry Roe has been paidup for in both the Auckland Cup andRailway Handicap, the opinion pre-vails in the n,orth that the -short dis-tance eyefat will be her mission.

With the exception of the DunedinHandicap, very satisfactory accept-ances have been received for firstday events at the Dunedin JockeyClub's Meeting. First Glance standsher ground at the head of the OtagoHandicap, and, in what is not likelyto be a very strong field, she shouldacquit herself well even under sucha substantial burden as 9st 61b. IfJohn Barleycorn has quite recoveredfrom the ailment that laid liim asideon; the eve of the New; Zealand CupMeeting, his prospects' must not beoverlooked, while Specialform is byno means overweighted at Bst 81b.A very likely pair amongst the light-weights are Moulu and Ardenvhor.

.Considering the large amount ofopposition it has to contend with,the North Otago Jockey Club has re-ceived excellent support for its Sum-mer Meeting. Quite a number ofRfccarton trainers will take teams tothe Wingatui fixture, and race themat'Oamaru on their way home.

Sweet Tipperary, who effected asurprise victory in the C.J.C. Wel-come Stakes, will be sent to Auck-land to contest the Great NorthernF6al Stakes and other juvenileevents.

Acceptances for the Reefton J.C.and Greymouth J.C. holiday meet-ings fall due this evening.

In discussing the effect racing hason mares when they go to the stud,an English authority says it may betaken for granted that training to areasonable extent tends to the im-provement of the breed, and mares■who have been trained have a bet-ter chance to produce good stockthan those who, through lack oftraining, have never attained to theirfull development.

The Birkenhead gelding Ovation,-wjho was something of a disappoint-ment during his racing career, diedsuddenly during last week. Thelidrse (says the Auckland "Star"),

was owned by Mr Geo. Robinson,and had been enjoying a spell forsome time. He had put on a lot ofcondition, and looked so well thatMr Robinson intended having himplaced in active work. The horsewas all right when seen just beforedark, but in the morning was found*dead in the paddock, having expired[without a struggle. Curiosity as to[the horse's death impelled Mr Rob-inson to have a post-mortem made,when it was found that Ovation wassuffering from the same complica-tions that brought about the deathof the brilliant Soltano, the spleenbeing of an abnormal size.

More than usual interest is beingtaken in local sporting circles in theSummer Meeting, of the CanterburyPark Trotting Club, which takesplace on January 1 and 3. The pro-gramme is easily the best yet issuedby the club, and caters liberally forthe very best harness and saddlehorses. Entries fall due with MrRattray on Monday evening, and itis quite certain that all the promin-ent stables will be represented.

[ The Ashburton trainer, R. McDon-[nell, has abandoned his proposedtrip to Auckland with Erailius. Hewill probably be represented, by thatspeedy colt Evelyn, and Emmeline at

I the Canterbury Park Meeting.The Auckland Trotting Cup has'drawn an acceptance of 12, the only

\ notable defections being Emilius,John Dillon, and Mahderene. Thereis ample material for a splendid con-gest, and the showings of Makomako,Princess Sherwood, and CathedralChimes will be of particular interestto southern sportsmen.

Handicaps for the Ashburton Trot-ting Club's Meeting, to be held onBoxing Day, will be declared onMonday next.

Though John Dillon has been al-lowed to drop out of the AucklandTrotting Cup, he will contest someof the shorter distance events at themeeting. /

The Lytteltbn sportsman, Mr J. H.Olliver, has purchased Galindo Lou,and the speedy daughter of Galindowill in future be trained by K Car-lyon.

Mr G. E. Curry, will officiate asstipendiary steward at the DunedinJockey Club's Summer Meeting.

When the handicaps were de-clared for the Domain Trot at theLake County Meeting,. Immediatewas placed on the limit. Subsequent-ly, for some unexplained reason, thehandicapper took him back 2sec, buton the owner appealing to thestewards, the horse was allowed tostart on his original mark.

Here is a tip that may prove valu-able to horse owners during thesummer months. A Brisbane writernotes that on inspecting the horsesin their stalls at the Ascot racecoursea few of them had a knot of red rib-jbon tied to their throat straps. The

i same decoration is to be observed onhorses used about the streets of thecity. The ribbons are steeped inkerosene, and affixed with the objectof combating the botfly and otherdipterous insects which irritate andinfect horses at this time of theyear.. At Springfield (U.S.), on October28, Nelly the Great, a two-year-oldtrotting filly, made a new world'srecord in her class for a half-miletrack when at a breeders' meetingshe stepped a mile in 2min 15lsec,She is owned by Dr W. A. Barber, ofSpringfield. The former record was2min 16isec, held by Nowaday Girl.

TEMPLAR.

SPORTING.AUCKLAND R.CS SUMMER MEETING.

Press Association.AUCKLAND, December 17.

The follownig final payments have beenreceived:—

AUCKLAND CUP, of 2650 sovs. Twomiles.—Warstep 9.4, Merry Roe 8.10, Col-onel Soult 8.7, Balboa 8.5, Sir Solo 8.3,Kooya 7.9, Blackall 7.7, Castalia 7.3, Mul-lingar 7.3, Maniaroa 7.3, Snub 6.13, St.

>Elmn 6.11, EI Gallo 6.10, Self 6.8, Christine0.7.

GREAT NORTHERN DERBY, of 1500sovs. One mile and a-half.—Eligible 8.10,Marco Bello 8.10, Taj Mahal 8.10, Wishful8.10, Snub 8.7, Desert Gold 8.7.

RAILWAY HANDICAP, of 1000 sovs. Sixfurlongs.—Merry Roe 9.1, Tete-a-tete 8.7,King Lupin 8.6, Bimeter 8.6, Flying Start8.4, Chakwana 8.4, Downham 8.0, Goldfire8.0, Potoa 8.0, Tree Lucerne 7.9, Loyal Arch7.8, Belasco 7.7, Te Papapa 7.4, Tact 7.4,Wisebird 7.4, kitty Bellairs 7.3, Halina6.12.

GREAT NORTHERN FOAL STAKES, of1000 sovs. Six furlongs.—Rockbound 8.10,Good Hope 8.10, Wardancer 8.10, Nystad8.10, Uncle Ned 8.10, Egypt 8.10, Knockmore8.10, The Toff 8.10, Kocsian 8.10, Bjorneborg8.7, Sweet Tipperary 8.5, Hyttus 8.5, Rekauui8.5, Lady Jack 8.5.

ROYAL STAKES, of 1000 sovs. Six fur-longs.—Bimeter 9.0, Tete-a-tete 8.11, Wish-ful 8.6, Flying Start 8.6, Desert Gold 8.3,Greenstreet 8.3, Rockbound 6.12, Good Hope0.12, Wardancer 0.12, Nystad 0.12, Egypt 6.12,Knockmore 6.12, The Toff 6.12, Koesian 6.12,Gymer 6.9, Bjorneborg 6.9, Hyttus 6.9, Er-roneous 6.9, Sweet Tipperary 6.9, Rckanui0.9, Lady Jack 6.9.

SHORTLAND PLATE, of 300 sovs. Onemile _Hadj 8.2, Gallupin 7.13, Glucian 7.13,Gold Fran 7.13, Penniless 7.13, Pendoon7.13, Gold Necklet 7.11, Kaween 7.11, Salvia7JU, Signo 7.11, Jack Jellicoe 7.0, Wishful7.7, Hydrus 7.4, San Sebastian 7.4, Dribble7!2*, Lady Glen 7.2, Red Ribbon 7.2.

ROBINSON HANDICAP, or 250 sovs.Seven furlongs.—Ladogeur 9.0, Torotoro 8.0,Blueform 8.0, Glucian 7.12, Tinoreka 7.12,Collonade 7.12, Pacific Slope 7.11, Gold Paint-ing 7.10, San Sebastian 7.9, Christine 7.8,Mountain Dream 7.7, Lady Gwcndolin 7.6,Kaimanuka 7.6, King's Courier 7.5, Maid ofOrleans 7A, Venaka 7.4, Sir Multifid 7.4,

Redman 7.4, Lavcrna 7.4, Keystone 7.4, Nga-tiwerewere 7.4, Glenaldough 7.4.

GRAFTON HURDLES, of 350 sovs. Twomiles.—Master Regel 11.4, Sleacombe 10.4,St. Elmn 10.3, Naupata 10.2, Marconi 9.13,Vascular 9.12, Takanini 9.12, Prince Eddie9.10, Tenacious 9.0.

NURSERY HANDICAP, of 350 sovs. Fivefurlongs.—Lady Elysian 8.2, Sasanof 7.13,General Joffre 7.13, Good Hope 7.10, Bjorne-borg 7.10, Lady Kilworth 7.8, Indepen-dence 7.8, Wardancer 7.5, Nireus 7.1, Gymer6.12, Pierrot G.12, Mcnelaus 6.12, Marabout6.10, Keepwatch 6.10, Cultriform 6.10, Bog-getts 6.10, Erroneous 6.9.

CHRISTMAS HANDICAP, of 350 sovs. Onemile.—Flying Start 9.0, Gold Soult 8.7, Lo-loma 8.7, Tinopai 8.5, Bertrada 8.3, Wise-bird 8.2, Guiding Way 7.13, Lady Amai7.13, Nicomar 7.13, Lady Penury 7.13,Campcador 7.7, Soultaiie 7.7, Xanthbs 7.5,Taj Mahal 6.12. /;„,-',

AUCKLAND T.C.'S SUMMER MEETING.

AUCKLAND, December 17.The following acceptances have been

received:—INTRODUCTORY HANDICAP, of 100 sbvs.

One mile and a-half.—Congo scr, Proud Moor3sec, Rio Grande 6, Papatina 6, Miss HuonJunr. 12, Desmond 13, Dolly Bell 13, Lavinia14, Special Bloom 14. ...

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DECEMBER HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. Oneanile and a-half.—Elma Boy 9scc, Water-fall 11, Hymen 12, Rotomanuka 13, BelgianQueen 15, Winston M. 16, Prince Clrilde'lß,Tim Doolan 18, Dorothy Dimple 18, MasterGrattan 18, Bush Child 18, Miss Chevalier18, Lena Patch 18, Wildfire 18, Nellie Clive18, Lord Thorpe 18, Miss Lonsdale 20.

AUCKLAND TROTTING CUP, of 1000 sovs.Two miles.—St. Ursula scr, Jewel Chimes2sec, Steel Bell 3, Hal Zolock 6, Master Park6, Princess Sherwood 7, The Maid 9, Cathe-dral Chimes 9, Makomako 9, Dr Chutney 10,Prince Rufus 10, G.M. 10.

PARNELL HANDICAP, of 150 sovs. Twomiles.—Scenery 4sec, Renia Pointer 8, Celtic10, Stone Beldon 10, Sundial 10, George K.11, Selkirk 11, Derby Dillon 11.

EDEN HANDICAP, of 250 sovs. Twomiles.—Clive scr, Lady Wilmington lscc,Hova 4, Blackthorn 5,. Syrie 8, King Capi-talist 9, Todd Bells 9, Paul Huon (late FritzHuon) 11, Matilda 13, Whispering Willie 13.

WAITEMATA HANDICAP, of 200 sovs.One mile and a quarter.—Aotea Roa 2scc,Lieutenant 4, Lady Child 4, Flora McKinney6, The Next 7, Resurrection 8, Full Sail 8,Arrah Wanna 11, Prinzora 11, Mount Albert

GREAT NORTHERN HANDICAP, of 200sovs. One mile.—Master Park scr, St. Ursulalsec, Futurity 2, Ludski 3, Casting 4, TheMaid 5, Aotea Roa 6, Princess Sherwood 6,Lady Child 7, Master Ham 7.

ST. HELIER'S HANDICAP, of , 150 sovs.One mile.—Walnut scr, Silver Black 2sec,Huia Gray 2, Scenery 3, Wereoa 4, RemaPointer 5, August Child 5, Resurrection 7,Huon Patch 7, Joan of Arc 7, The Scout 8.

HAWKE'S BAY J.C.'S SUMMER MEETING.

NAPIER, December 17.The following acceptances have been re-

ceived:MAIDEN HACK HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.

Six furlongs.—Strabo 8.12, Multifld mare8.6, Lady Multifld 8.6, Mulatto 8.3, Glen o'Gowrie 8.3, Miss Winnie 8.3, Subduer 8.3,Subdual 8.3, Zannone 8.3, Kaiserinc 8.0,Atuatoro 8.0, Con 8.0, Pendant 8.0, Woolahra8.0, Ngaitu 8.0, Sinora 8.0, Surtax 8.0.

CHRISTMAS HANDICAP, of 100 sovs. Sixfurlongs.—Pursefiller 8.12, Asterias 8.10,Evadne 8.9, Shaki 8.4, Carillon 8.1, Pearl-form 7.8, Tame Duck 7.8, Rcdloh 7.3, Spain7.1, Watchful 7.1, Step 6.10.

WELTER HANDICAP, of 125 sovs. Onemile and a-quarter.—Gazette 9.11, Bunting9.5, The Summit 9.3, Whakahoki 9.0, Dis-cussion 9.0, Hinemanu 8.13, Toki 8.13, Muni-cipal 8.13, Alces 8.8, Admiral Beattie 8.7,Sailor King 8.0, Diona 8.0, Anxious 8.0,Truegun 8.0.

PRESIDENT'S HANDICAP, of 200 sovs.One mile and a-quarter.—Dispatch Carrier8.5, Tatimi 8.2, Jem 8.2, Pursefiller 8.0,Hiwitapu 7.10, Haumakaka 7.7, Black Heart7.6, Bunting 7.3, Sicily 6.12.

OTATARA JUMPERS' FLAT HANDICAP,of 100 sovs. One mile and a-half.—Flin-got 10.12, Kew 10.6, Parewanui 9.11, Hika-hakeke 9.11, Imposter 9.8, Muleteer 9.0,Okahu 9.0.

TWO-YEAR-OLD HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.Four furlongs.—Hyllus 8.12, Barley Sugar8.3, Carlatour 7.13, Tressida 7.13, CircleLady 7.9, Queen Lizzie 7.8, Shy Girl7.8, Tinkler 7.7, Hopcite 7.6, Communique7.6, Bonablc 7.6, Sarah Grand 7.4, Rosevear7.4.

FLYING HACK HANDICAP, of 100 sovs.Six furlongs.—Multiplication 9.9, Toki 8.0,Pearlform 7.11, Maraetotara 7.10, Hygia 7.10,Trials 7;6, Ohiwia 7.5, Watchful 7.4, Ohine-wairua 7.4, Instep 7.3, Falstone 7.0, CrossWords 7.0. Dasher Boy 7.0, Cleft 7.0.

NEW YEAR HANDICAP, of 125 sovs. Sixfurlongs and a-half.—Tatimi 8.12, Purse-filler 8.12, Zeus 8.4, Haumakaka 8.4, BlackHeart 8.3, Mandoline 8.1, Carillon 8.0,Smilax 7.7, Pearlform 7.7," India 7.7.

TARANAKI JOCKEY CLUB.

NEW PLYMOUTH, December 17.The following acceptances have been re-

ceived:HUATOHI PLATE (wcight-for-age), of 100

sovs. Seven furlongs.—Mahlstick, Munition,Henry Clay, Zola, Miss Sylvan, Formosus,Maid o' Gowrie, Sylviaroa, Collector, Syntax,Puteonsa, White Blaze.

STEWARDS' HACK HANDICAP, of 125sovs. Six furlongs.—Lady Amai 9.7, KingChiara 9.7, Tirana 8.11, Depredation 8.3,Bivouac 8.1, Captain Miro 7.6, Boldstroke7.0. Fair Paul 7.0.

RAHOTU HURDLES, of 150 sovs.One mile and a-lialf and 100 yards.—Euroco10.8, White Plume 10.3, Epworfh 10.0, Tan-giwai 9.7, Royal Patron 9.5, Vladian 9.0,Knoc-knagow .Toybells 9.0, Cornice 9.0,Master Catesby 9.0.

BOROUGH HACK HANDICAP, of 125 sovs.Five furlongs.—Zion 9.0, Iceberg 8.3, Bis-ogne 8.3, Veto 8.3, High Jinks 8.0, Martin-gale 7.7, Fidelio 7.0, Vestalis 7.0, RoyalChef 7.1, Roderick 7.3, Pergola 7.3, MadameRistori 7.3.

CHRISTMAS HANDICAP, of 200 sovs. Onemile and a-quartcr.—Rewi Poto 9.2, LadyAmai 8.1, Crawford 7.13, Ineuru 7.11, Ra-tana 7.0, Peroneal G.12, Sir Fisher 0.11, Nga-poto 6.9.

LEPPERTON WELTER HANDICAP, of 100sovs. Seven furlongs.—Calais 10.13, Glacier10.3, Florist 9.10, Sylvandalc 9.0, Draft 9.5,Chassis 9.3, Cordon 9.0, Dood 9.0, Ilaupai9.0, Paraoa 9.0, Syntax 9.0.

TIKORANGI HACK STAKES, of 100 sovs.Five furlongs (weight (B.o).—Arras, RoyalPark, Tere Atu, Red Hot, Golden Fan,Durane, Beautiform, Pergola, Normanby,Avena, Festoon, Coronita, Golden Grafton,Zion, Mystery Lass, Calais, Crown Head,AkahaL

I FLYING HANDICAP, of 150 sovs. Sixfurlongs.—Avon Park 8.13, Lady Middleton8.10, King Chiara 7.13, Zetes 7.12, Patronalc7.5, Grattan 7.4, Kaniki 7.1, Simple Sam7.1, Peroneal 7.0, Royal Dragoon 6.10.

DUNEDIN J.C.'S SUMMER MEETING.

DUNEDIN, December 17.The following acceptances have been

received: —

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SUMMER HURDLES, of 150 sovs. Onemile and three-quarters.—Moddite 11.13,Kingsway 10.0, Master Hamilton 10.6, CastIron 10.3, Silver Shield 9.13, Bore 9.8, Peer-less 9.7, Dear Annie 9.0.

SALISBURY HANDICAP, of 140 sovs.Seven furlongs.—Snapdragon 9.0, Lion 8.13,Volspcil 8.13, Margcrinc 8.9, Down 8.9,Cortes 8.9, Treadflre 8.9, Bandy 8.9, Multoe8.8, Giralda 8;8, Bellshire 8.5, Equivocal 7.9,Red Pennon 7.7, Sister Regis 7.7.

DUNEDIN HANDICAP, of 150 sovs. Fivefurlongs.—Kilboync '8.2, Kilkce 8.2, DonPaciflco 8.2, Bellrock 8.2, Royal Rain 7.13,Ambassadress: 7.2.

OTAGO HANDICAP, of 700 sovs. Onemile and a-half.—First Gliance 9.6, JohnBarleycorn 8.9, Spccialform 8.8, Hesione 8.1,United Service 7.8, Moulu 7:6, Adjutant 7.6,Ardenvhor 7.2, Multum in Parvo 7.2, Coun-tess Tolstoi 6.7.

FEDERAL HANDICAP, of 350 sovs. Sixfurlongs.—Bee 9.7, Palisade 9.0, Mcltchikoff8.13, Sartorzc 8.11, Martius 8.11, Chudic 8.8,Daytime 8.4, Robert Bell 8.0, Charlotte 7.10,Findhorn 7.9, Peg 7.3, Fender 7.3, Speedo-meter 7.1, Red Charm 7.0, Peronilla 7.0,Medley 6.13, Salzburg 6.11, Recorder 6.10,Cortes 6.7.

BURNSIDE HANDICAP, of 120 sovs. Sixfurlongs.—Charleville 9.9, Golden Rupee 9.9,Pyjama 9.7, Bellshire 9.1, Bon 9.1 i MarcAntony 8.13, Comely 8.10, Helicon 8,9, Zuland8.3, Benefit 8.2, Wingform 8.2, Miss Finland8.1, Martuk 8.1, Deltonio 8.0, Red Knight 8,-0,High Water 8.0, Red Shield 8.0, Silent Way8.0, Forest Belle 8.0.

OTOKIA WELTER HANDICAP, of 180sovs. One mile.—Ogier 9.13; Ringform 9.6,United Service 9.6, Hap Dha 9.5, Martian,Maid 9.4, Teviotdale 9.4, Peg 9.3, Court Mar-tial 8.13, Twelfth Night 8.9, Leading Lady8.8, Rcdowa 8.7, Bandy 8.5, Rongahere 8.2,Gnqmc 8.2, Moidant -8.0, Varanian 8.0.

RAILWAY NOTICES.

.V" E W ZEALAND "jR AIL WAYS.CHRISTMAS~HOLIDAYS.

DECEMBER 27.EXCURSION TO ARTHUR'S PASS. CAR-NIVAL AT OXFORD. SPORTS AT DOYLES-TON. PATRIOTIC GALA AT LITTLERIVER. RACES AT ASHBURTON. SPORTSAT TEMUKA AND WAIMATE, HURUNUI

RACES.

TRAIN ARRANGEMENTS. ; .' j

, For particulars of EXTRA EXPRESS,TRAINS 18th DECEMBER and 21*tBER to 4tli JANUARY, and restrictions oiluse of Ordinary Express Trainsi'■'-; seeseparate advertisement. r .

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WEDNESDAY, 22nd DECEMBER- t . '. '

NORTH LINE AND BRANCHES.—TheTrain which usually leaves Christchurchfor Rangiora at 5.10 p.m. will start at 5.43p.m., Rangiora; arrive 6.53 p.m. A Train,stopping where required, will -leave; Rari-jgiora for Christchurch at 5.36 p.m., Christ-;church arrive '6.45 p.m.

The Afternoon Train from Culverden toChristchurch will start at 3.35 p.m., Christ-church arrive 7.21 p.m. After leaving Ash-ley this Train will stop only to set down.The Afternoon Train from Parnassus willstart at 1.40 p.m.

THURSDAY, 23rd DECEMBER.NORTH LINE AND BRANCHES.—The

Train which usually leaves Christchurchfor Rangiora at 5.10 p.m. will start at 5.43p.m., Rangiora arrive G.53 p.m. A Train,stopping where required, will leave Ran-giora for Christchurch at 5.36 p.m., Christ-church arrive 6.45 p.m.

The Afternoon Train from Culverden toChristchurch will start at 3.35 p.m., Christ-church arrive 7.21 p.m. After leaving Ash-ley this Train -will stop, only to set down.The Afternoon Train from Parnassus willstart at 1.40 p.m.

FRIDAY, 24th DECEMBER.NORTH LINE AND BRANCHES.—A Train,

stopping where required, will leave Ran-giora for Christchurch at 5.36 p.m., Chrjst-

| church arrive 6.45 p.m. The Evening Trainfor North Line and Branches will start fromChristchurch at 5.43 ;.pJn., arriving Culver-den 10.3, Bennetts 8.9, and West Oxford 8.39p.m. Late Train f6r Rangiora will leaveChristchurch at 10.45 p.m. ■»:•-;-•-"V--

The Afternoon Train from Culverden toChristchurch will start at 3.35 p.m., Christ-church arrive 7.21 p.m. After leaving Ash-ley this Train will stop only to set downpassengers. The Afternoon Train froni "Par-nassus will start at 1.40 p.m.

SOUTH LlNE.—Late Train to Templetonwill leave Christchurch ,10.0 p.m.

NIGHT TRAINS leave' Christchurch forDunedin at 10.35 p.m., and Dunedin forChristchurch at 10.45 p.m.

SATURDAY, 25th DECEMBER.For particulars of Trains running on

Christmas Day see separate .advertisement's.MONDAY, 27th DECEMBER.

LYTTELTON UNE.—Extra Trains willleave Christchurch for Lyttclton at 9.25,10.20, 11.30 a.m ; , and 12.50 p.m., and Lyt-tclton for Christchurch at 8.40, 9.55, 10.55a.m., 12.5 and 6.45 p.m. The Train whichusually leaves Lytteltoii for Christchurchat 5.10 p.m. will start at 5.25 p.m.

• NORTH LINE AND BRANCHES.—TheMorning Train to West Oxford,; and theAfternoon,.. from. ;West Oxford ;willstop'opposite flip .Grounds betweenEasVahd West Oxford. ' :

' A'.Train, stopping where required, willleave Rangiora at 8.42 a.m., arriving atChristchurch 9.50 a.m. The Ordinary Morn-ing Train from Waikari will start at 7.30a.m., Christchurch arrive 10.15 a.m.. Afterleaving Ashley this Train will stop only toset down, except that at Rangiora it willpick up passengers from Oxford Branch.

The Morning Train from Oxford , Westwill' leave at 7.30 a.m. and arrive Rangiora8.50 ,'a.m. ' .

A Train, stopping where required, willleave Rangiora for Christchurch at '5.36p.m., Christchurch arrive 6.45 p.m.

The Train which usually leaves Christ-church for Rangiora at 5.10 p.m. will startat 5.43 p.m., and arrive Rangiora 6.53 p.m.'

The Evening Train for North Line: andBranches will leave Christchurch at 5.10p.m., arriving Waikari 8.29 p.m., Bennetts7.35 p.m., and West Oxford, 8.5 p.m. "

-The Afternoon Train from Culverden willstart at 3.40 p.m., Christchurch arrive 7.26p.m. After leaving Ashley this Train willstop only to set down, except that at Ran-giora it will pick up passengers from Ox-ford Branch. The Afternoon Train fromParnassus will leave at 1.40 p.m. The After-noon Train from West Oxford will start at4.50 p.m., Rangiora arrive 6.0 p.m. The 7.42a.m. Rangiora-Christchurch and 5.10 p.m.Belfast-Christchurch Trains WILL NOTRUN. Late Train leaves Christchurch forRangiora at 10.45 p.m.

EXCURSION TO ARTHUR'S PASS.—ATrain taking passengers for Arthur's Passfrom Middleton, Kowai Bush, and inter-mediate Stations will leave Middleton at 7.30a.m., Rolleston 8.10, and arrive Arthur'sPass 11.41 a.m. A Train taking passengersfrom Christchurch and Addington only willleave Christchurch at 8.10 a.m., Arthur'sPass arrive 12.6 p.m. On return journeyTrains leave Arthur's Pass 4.30 p.m. and5.20 p.m., arriving Christchurch 8.20 p.m.and 8.50 p.m. respectively. The 4.30 p.m.Special will stop where required to setdown after passing Otarama. The 5.20 p.m.Special stops only at Addington to set down.

EXCURSION TRAIN FOR LITTLE RIVERwill leave Christchurch at 9.30 a.m., LittleRiver arrive 11.25 a.m., returning fromLittle River at 6.20 p.m., and arrivingChristchurch 8.10 p.m.

SPECIAL PASSENGER TRAINS will leaveChristchurch for Ashburton at 9.45 and10.0 a.m., arriving at Ashburton at 11.25and 11.40 a.m. These Trains take passen-gers from Christchurch ONLY, and willstop at Saleyards Siding (opposite the Race-course) to set down passengers. Passengersfrom intermediate Stations must travel bythe ordinary 8.7 a.m. Christchurch-Ashbur-ton Train. Return Trains, talcing passen-gers for Christchurch only, will leave Ash-!burton at 5.5 p.m., Saleyards Siding 5.13and 5.27 p.m., arriving Christchurch 6.40and 6.55 p.m. ; . 1

The Evening Train for Ashburton andMethven leaves Cliristchurch at 5.38 p.m.,Ashburton arrive 8.27 p.m., and Methven9.10 p.m. The Evening Train for Spring-field and Whitecliffs Branch leaves Christ-:church 5.15 p.m., and runs as on Wednes-days. The Evening Train from Christ-church for Southbridgc and Little River.Branches leaves at 6.10 p.m., Southbridgcarrive 8.0 p.m., and Little River 8.20 p.m.The Afternoon Train from Southbridge willstart at 5.50 p.m., Christchurch arrive 7.45p.m. The Afternoon Train from Ashburtonto Christchurch will start at 6.15 p.m., jChristchurch arrive 8.43 p.m.

The Train which usually leaves Ashbur-ton for Christchurch at 11.15 a.m. will start '■at 11.55 a.m;, and arrive Christchurch 3.5p.m. |

The 7.10 a.m. Chrislchurch-Rolleston and5.15 p.m. Islington-Christchurch TrainsWILL NOT RUN.

Late Train to Templcton will leave Christ-church at 10.30 p.m.

NIGHT TRAINS leave Christchurch forDuncdin a£ 9.5 p.m., and Duncdih forChristchurch at 8.45 p.m.

TUESDAY, 28th DECEMBER.NORTH LINE AND. BRANCHES.—The

Train which usually leaves Christchurchfor Raiigiora at 5.10 p.m. will start at 5.43p.m., Rangiora arrive 6.53 p.m.

FARES ON 27th DECEMBER(Including 1/- for admission to Course).

; To Ashburton, from Christchurch, 10/9First Class, 7/8 Second Class, available onlyby the 0.45 and 10.0 a.m. Special Trainsfrom Christchurch. Only Tickets at thesefares are available by these Special Trainsfrom Christchurch.

DAY EXCURSION FARESi,To Arthur's Pass, 27th December: From

Christchurch, 11/0 and 7/9; from Adding-ton, Middleton, Sockburn, and Hornby,10/9 and 7/0; from Islington and Temple-ton 10/3 and 7/-; from Wcedons and Rol-leston, 10/- and 6/6; from Sandy Knolls andAylesbury, 9/- and 0/-; from Kirwee, 8/6and 5/9; from Darfleld, 8/3 and 5/6; fromRacecourse Hill, 8/- and 5/3; from Wad-dington, Sheffield, and Annat, 7/6 and 5/-;from Springfield, 7/- and 4/6; from KowaiBush, 6/- and 4/-. Available by the Ex-cursion Trains only. Holiday Excursion

Tickets issued from Christchurch or Ad-Idington to Arthur's Pass by the OrdinaryTrain will not be available for return bythe Excursion Train.

GOODS and LIVE STOCK TRAFFIC willbe entirely Suspended on DECEMBER 25and 27 and JANUARY 1. Work on theWharves at Lyttelton and Timaru will beSuspended, and the Goods Delivery Yard atChristchurch will be Closed.

For fuller particulars see bills.1463 BY ORDER.

TJEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAINS DURINGCHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR;HOLIDAYS.

DOWN EXPRESS TRAINS. IDuring the Holiday Traffic the 8.0 .a.m.

Express Train from Christchurch-will tiarrypassengers for the following Stations only^

DECEMBER 18, 21, 22> 29, 30, and JANU-ARY I—For Stations BEYOND Timaru only;

DECEMBER 23, 25, arid 28, and JANU-ARY 4—For BEYOND Dunedin only.

DECEMBER 24, 27, 31, arid JANUARYFor Dunedin and Stations beyond only. (Onthese four dates passengers for Dunedinmay travel by the 8.0 a.m. Express Or theExtra Express. See below.) .

The Express Passengers barred front the8.0 a.m. Train will travel by Extra ExpressTrains at the following times:—

For Stations up to Timaru inclusive, onDECEMBER 18, 21, 22, 29, 30, and JANUARYI—Christchurch depart 9.10 a.m., Ashburton10.57, Timaru arrive 1&20 p.m. For Sta-tions up to Dunedin inclusive, DECEMBER23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, and JANUARY 3 and4 depart 9.10 a.'m., .Ashburton10.57, Dunedin arrive 6.0 p.m.

Dining Car on the 9.10 a.m. Extra Expresson December 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, and 31, andJanuary 3 and 4.

The 12.5 p.m. Express Train from Christ-church, DECEMBER 22 to 24 inclusive, andDECEMBER 27 to JANUARY 4 inclusive(Sundays excepted) will carry passengersfor BEYOND Timaru only.

The Express Passengers barred from the12.5 p.m. Express Train will travel byExtra Express Train at the following times:Christchurch depart 12.20 p.m., Ashburton2.4, Timaru arrive 3.51 p.m.

UP EXPRESS TRAINS.On JANUARY 1 an Extra Express iTrain

will leave Timaru 5.0 p.m., Ashburton 6<42,I Christchurch arrive 8.15 ■p.m." This Train

| will stop at the same Stations and for thesame purposes as the ordinary Express

jTrain from Invercargill to Christchurch,and; on that day the Invercargill-Christ-church Express Train between Studhohneand Christchurch will stop only to set downpassengers or to pick up passengers forthe Ferry Stetuner at Lyttelton.

Excursion Tickets will NOT bo issued fornor available by the 8.0 a.m.' Christchurch-

jInvercargill Express Train -for/ Stations asspecified above for which it does riot take

| passengers.. -.'■•..,I ■ NORTH LINE. ••',/.From DECEMBER 22 to JANUARY.4 in-

clusive (except December 25), the EveningTrain Christchurch'to Rangiora will startat 5.43 p.m., Rangiora arrive 6.53 p.m.

For fuller particulars see bills.1413 , ."••-. BY ORDER.


JEWELLERYAT WHOLESALE COSTThis is not the usual catch-penny phrase intended to attract the

unwary. We are absolutely

GIVING UP BUSINESS ON THE 31st DECEMBER, 1915And between now and then the.whole of our stock has to go out.On Engagement Rings, Birthday, Wedding, and ChristmasGifts you can save 8/- in the £ by buying your requirements atthis sale. See our window and the goods will make you buyfor certain. |

II7IIIIC p PA eweuirsWILLD-ft lU. sffyp"

Xmas Toggery? That'sA hint to the ladies, first. Whenbuying a Tie or any present for thefellows—buy them at a Man'sStorev not a Draper's. I've the stuff ,

men would buy for themselves—-and what they want.And you chaps—well, you know.Lob along to Dick for any Toggeryyou need—l've got it smarter andup-to-dater, and it costs no more,

XMAS BUSINESS HOURS.I'm open to-night till 9.30, and onXmas Eve till 11.30, after that—-my won't we hit it up, chaps./

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"Call Me Dick." COLOMBO STREET, CHRISTCHURCH

FOR SALE.

SALE, Triumph 3-speed Motor Cycle-*■ and Side Car; in excellent condition;good touring machine. Apply 148 VictoriaStreet. ,

2945rANTED Sell, 50 Healthy Ferrets, 12/6

T T pair. 48 Woodville Street, next HillsRoad, St. Albans. 2944

rails; £1 each. 88 Hackthome Road,Cashmere. 2947HURNITURE of Bedroom and Dining

Room, Linos, Cooking Utensils, andDishes, etc., for Sale; cheap; suit youngcouple. R5, Sun. 2952

TANTED to Sell, 5-6 h.p. Twin Motor' * Cycle, with Side Car; in perfect run-

ning order. Apply 70 Bealey Street. 2951

WANTED to Sell, Stack First-class Hay(20 tons). Mayne, opposite tanks,

Woolston. 2921TANTED to Sell, Empty 400-gallon Tanks.

" » John Hall and Co., Clock Tower. 2953

TO Sportsmen—For Sale, Four Spaniel-Retriever Pups, 3 to 4 months old

(dogs); first-class stock. , Apply 172 Wai-mairi Road, Upper Riccarton. 2957

OOD GIG, with Harness; rubber tyres->" and J-shafts; perfect order; for Sale.426 Tuam Street, Linwood.

WANTED to Sell, Oat Sheaf, Oat Straw,and Wheat Straw Chaff. J. Harvey

and Co., 40 Tuam Street. 2940EWING Machine, New Home, drop-head,

■~ £5 15/-; Davis, £2 17/6; Jones, cheap.High Street, opposite Petersen's. .667

rANTED Sell—NeAV Potatoes, Fowl» • Wheat, Oats, Barley, Grit, Sharps;

cheap. King, 98 Lichfield Street.

WANTED to Sell, 3j ACRES. Spreydon.This property to be sold at a sacri-

fice. Just the place for anyone requiring tobuild, and keep a cow and garden. It isconveniently situated, and can be cut intothree lots if necessary. Price* for quicksale, £320.

S. C. THOMPSON,163 Hereford St...near. National Bank.

BROUGHAM, STATION WAGGON, LADY'SPHAETON, PONY CART, PONY GIG,TRAY GIG, GOVERNESS CAR, RUSTICCART.

BRABNER & SONS,.582 Fitzgerald Avenue, Ghristchurch.

TO LET.

rO LET, 2 Unfurnished Rooms; gas, con-veniences. 12 Trafalgar Street, St.

Albans. 2904TIO LET (Redcliffs), for period, Modern

House, with conveniences. Rent, Box306, P. 0., Christchurch. 2956

MISCELLANEOUS.

CONFIDENTIALT the Colosseum 10-morrow (Sunday)

1 Night, only those admitted who like apopular programme. Orchestral SocietyOrchestra' (52). Silver Com. Red CrossFund. 2971

GOOD"S a Draper; docs not keep toys, but lots- of useful Christmas Gifts.

GOOD'Si DDRESS, Colombo Street, Sydenham;

penny section. Lots of useful gift lineshere.

_.GOaLVS

70R Doilies, Traycloths, Table Centres,Duchessc Sets, Fancy Handkerchiefs,

Blouses, Neckwear, and other lines.

GOOD'S for Christmas and New YearGiHs. Buy early. Open every evening

INCTUS," a compound of knowledgeand experience—a sure cure in the

I most stubborn cold—l/- and 2/6. BarncttW Co., The Chejpists.

JEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

TRAIN SERVICES—CHRISTMAS DAY.

Only the following Trains will run onCHRISTMAS DAY:—

The Express and. .Mail, Trains betweenChristchurch and Dunedin and Invercargill.

• The 9.10 a.m. Extra \Express Christchurchto Dunedin. ~

Trains will leave Christchurch for '£#s-- OS, 10.0, 10;55 a.ni., 1.25\ 2.45, 4.0,5.20, 6.50, 7.50, and 9.15 p.m. The 7.23 'p\ml.Train ifor Wellington Steamer will run asusual to the.Wharf. ~' -

Trains., will leave Lytteltou .for,-. Christ*church at 7-25, 10.25. and;.U.2o a.m*,. 2joj3;20, 4.35, 6.15, 7.15, 3.20, 8.35, arod .9,45p.m. The 8.50 a.m. Christchurch to Culyer-den and the 3.15 p.m. Culverden to Christ-church and the Motor Service between Cul-verden and Hanmer. The 8.7 a.m. Christ-church to Ashburton and the 11.15 a.m. Ash-burton to Christchurch. The £.33 a.m.Christchurch, 4o Arthur's Pass, and the 2.15p.m. Arthur's Pass to Christchurch. >..

Goods Traffic .will be Suspended.For /fuller particulars see handbills.

1464 BY ORDER.TJ2W ZEALAND RAILWAYS.

SPECIAL NIGHT TRAINS, stopping atcertain Stations only, will run as ; underbetween Christchurch and Dunedin,*—

FRIDAYS, 24th and 31st DECEMBER,Leave Christchurch 10.35 p.m., Ashbur-

ton 12.27 a.m. (25th December and IstJanuary), Dunedin arrive 7.55 ajn.

Leave Dunedin 10.45 p.m., Christchurcharrive 8,15 a.m. (25th December and IstJanuary).

MONDAYS, 27th DECEMBER and 3rc*JANUARY.

Leave Cliristchurch 9.5 p.m., Ashburton10.57 a.m. (28th December and 4th January),Dunedin arrive 6.25 a.m.

Leave Dunedin 8.45 p.m., Christchurcharrive 6.15 a.m. (28th December and 4thJanuary). '

For' fuller particulars see bills.1465 • BY ORDER.

MISCELLANEOUS./CANTERBURY GENERAL LABOURERS'

> UNION.

PLEASE Note! Next Tuesday Evening theHalf-yearly Meeting will be held at the

Trades Hall.

rpHE most important question for con-sideration is the question of Conscrip-

E want every financial member to bepresent on that evening.

"F you believe in Conscription, come alongand say so. If you don't believe in it,

well come.~\ON 5T let editors or anti-unionists say it' was just a little clique fixed the resolu-

tion. . ,

TTTE have eight hundred good financialW members 4n Christchurch. We wantthem present on Tuesday.

E are advertising in each evening paper.» i We beg of the editors to give us an

editorial.

WE have posted to «very member a noticeof this meeting. We have, done every-

thing

WE Can think of to get the memberspresent at 8 o'clock, Trades Hall, iicXt

Tuesday Evening. : ■■■ ■ ; ••

WE warn every editor that we shall say"You're another" if they refer to this

as a hole-and-corner meeting.r OW, brethren, the people of New Zealand

- 1 will be watching for the results of thismeeting. Please come. 2926

WALTER J3CARFF(GENERAL Carrier, Cashmere. Hour work

„a specialty. Picnics and parties cateredfor.

7AGGON for Hire. Pole and shafts.VV--:-ANTED to Sell, CGft f-Hose, hew.

V.Y.JOW is the time to order your conveyance* for Xmas parties.

ALTER SCARFF, General Carrier, Cash-Vit mere. ' .',,'..

WALTER SCARFF: CROWN iron work;

(Established 1870) .

IMPORTERS, IRON FOUNDERS, AN-GENERAL ENGINEERS,

Corner of MANCHESTER & GLOUCESTERSTREETS, CHRISTCHURCH.

Sole Proprietors;W. J. LE CREN J. B. LAURENSON

Telephone 775.AGENCIES: The Spiral Steel Pipe'(Mephan

Ferguson) Co. of N.Z., The Pierce, Butler,and Pierce Manfg. Co., Heating Engineers,Sole Licensees and Manufacturers ofFenlon's Accelerated Circulating HeatingSystem.

30LISH your Cars with "Silvo"; lOdper tin. Entirely British. . .

SUNDAY ANNOUNOJBMENTk .:■'

munion 8 and 11. Ordination Servic

Preacher, Bev. H. S. Leach. Evensong* 6.(Hopkins in F). Anthem, "Comfort >Yet _■

(Handei). Treacher, the Principal "of; -,

Christ's College. 292*!

KNOX CHURCH, Bealcy Avenue—Rev. Dr, 3. Erwin, M.A.j ll a.m. and 6.30 p.m?

At Berwick r Street, rMr J. Caughley, M.A.,,6.30 p.m. ■'■:... 2925!QT. DAVID'S PRESBYTERIAN

Colombo Street South.—Services To-,'morrow: 11 a.m., "The Search for a King."G.30 p.m., "The Angel's Message" (Christ—

-mas subjects). Rev. Charles Murray, M.A.:CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES. First'

Church of Christ Scientist, LatimerSquare.—Sunday Services 11 a.m. and T" .p.m.; Subject,: "Is the Universe, including:Man, Evolved by Atomic Force?" SundaySchool 2.45 p.m. 2319

THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 96 Armagh St."(Victoria Square).—Public Lecture Sun-'

day,' 7 p.m. Subject, "How we Rememberour, Past Lives." Sunday School, 3 p.m.

'v! under auspices of Ministers' Associa- ;

tion, will be held in St. Paul's Presbyterian/Church' on wChristmas Morning'at ,10.30. '*

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Monday next, 7.45, Y.M.C-A.: "Turkish.Tangle, Armageddon." Tuesday, 7.45 iV"Treading Down Jerusalem Soon to Cease. ».-

. . . The Man who Numbers himself 6G6.";' ;h .Pastor David Nicld; Wellington. 2958 v

COUNTY COUNCILS.

YyAIMAIRI COUNTY COUNCIL.

SHIRLEY LOAN SPECIAL RATING AREA.\ In Pursuance and Exercise of the Powers {vested in it in that behalf of the Local*"Bodies Loans Act, 1913, the _Waimairi ■»

County Council hereby RESOLVES as fol- •-.

lows:—That, for', the purpose of providing the',

interest and other charges oh' a Loan of !£BOO authorised to be raised by thc\\Vai-mairi County C°uncil under the above-mentioned Act, for Concrete Channel-"%ling , and Asphalting and Grading-Roads, the said Waimairi County Coun-,cil hereby MAKES and"'LEVIES aJ-SPECIAL RATE "of ONE PENNY in the!£ upon the Rateable Value of all Rate-.,able Properties in the Shirley Loan.

. .Special Rating Area, in the Avon Rid-<■ing, and that such Special Rate shall'be an annual recurring Rate during thecurrency of such Loan, and be PAY-ABLE YEARLY, jon the First Day ofJULY in each and every year duringthe currency of such Loan, being "aperiod of Ten Years, or until the Loan

I is fully paid off.Dated this 24th day of November, 1915.

R, J. SHARPE,1207 V. . County Clerk.

AIMAUII COUNTY COUNCIL.SHIRLEY LOAN AREA.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at a .

Special Meeting of the Waimairi CountyCouncil, held on Wednesday, the -24th day,of November, 1915, the following RESOLU-TION was Passed, and will be SUBMITTEDfor CONFIRMATION at a MEETING of theCouncil to be held on MONDAY, the 10thday of January, 1916, at 1.30 r.m.

In pursuance, and exercise of the 'powers '

vested iu- It by Section 16' of the LocalBodies Loans Act, 1913, and the consent" of ■the Ratepayers- of the Shirley Loan RatingArea, in the Waimairi County, hereafter >'

described, testified'by a Petition,,signed by >

not less than three-fourths of the Jftate-, ,-

payers in the said Shirley Loan,.. Rating' ,

Area, the capital' values of whose Proper- [•tics, as appearing in the Valuation Roll of '.

the said County, is collectively greater than,the capital value - of the Properties of theRatepayers who did not so consent, theWaimairi Gounty, Council hereby .RE-SOLVES by way of a Special Order, as fol--

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lows:— . ; '■,.-..That, for the purpose of Channelling and

Asphalting and, Grading, the \Vai<-' .

mairi County Council hereby authorises -the raising of a Loan of £BOO at 5 percentum per annum for a> period of 10 ,■years, or until the Loan is fully paid'off, and declares that the cost of rais-v

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- ing the said Loan and the tirst year'sinterest shall be payable out of the •

- money so raised. , t

SPECIAL RATING AREA.All that Area of Land situate in the

Waimairi County, Blocks XI. and XII.,Christchurch Survey District, being part '

of Rural Sections 231,. 557, and 880, com-mencing at a point being the intersectionof the north-east side of Bank's Avenue, ,

with the eastern side of Marshland Road,thence northerly along Marshland Road tothe north-west corner of the land includedin Certificate of Title Vol. 249, Fol. 31;thence easterly along the southern bound-ary of the last-mentioned land to the north-cast corner therof; thence northerly andeasterly along the western and northernboundaries of laud included in Certificatesof Title Vol. 14, Fol. 26, Vol. 176, Fol. 136, '

and Vol. .15,, Fol. 27, to Horse Shoe LakeRoad, thence southerly along Horse ShoeLake Road and New Brighton Road to apoint being the intersection of the west sideof New Brighton Road with a line in con-tinuation of the south side of CresswellAvenue; thence easterly across New Brigh-ton Road and along the south side of Cress-well Avenue to the north-east corner ofland included in. C.T. Vol. 27, Fol. 59;thence south-easterly and westerly along thenorth-eastern and southern boundaries ofthe last-mentioned land and across Bamp-ton's Road to the eastern boundary of landincluded hv'C.T. Vol. 285, Fol. 158; thencesouth-easterly and westerly along the east-ern and southern boundaries of the last-mentioned land to the eastern boundary ofLot 4, D.P. 1998; thence southerly along thesaid easttrn boundary of Lot 4 to the south-east corner thereof; thence westerly along'the northern boundaries of. Lots 36 to 40

4D.P.,-231 to the north-east corner, of Lot 41*of said D.P. 231; thence southerly-along theeastern boundary of the said Lot 41 to Cob-'per's Road; thence westerly and north-,, ~

westerly along Cooper's Road "and- Bank'sAvenue to the. starting point.

Dated this 24th day of November, 1915.R. J, SHARPE,

1206 County Celrk.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at aSpecial Meeting of the Council, held on the30th day of October last, it was resolvedby way of Special."Order that the WaiparaCounty Council make a BY-LAW under "The oCounties Act, 1908." The object and purportof the By-law is to prevent any person fromdriving a Motor Car or Motor Cycle within :

the County unless such person has obtained:,a Certificate o* Ability to efficiently-handle> ; fsuch Motor Car or Motor Cycle, and tovide lor a Fee on the issue of every suchJKflCertificate. The Special Resolution will bei .*iSUBMITTED FOR CONFORMATION at the >,

Meeting of tho Council to be held at theOffice of the Council at Waikarl on the r ;;24th-day of DECEMBER next, at 11 a.m.A Copy of the proposed By-law is deposited :at the Office of the Council, where the same 1 .

is open for public inspection daring Officehours until the Confirming .Meeting is.held.

Dated this twenty-second day of Novem- ■■*

ber, 1915.W. T. LINDSAY,

Clerk to Waipara County Council.George Harper, Son, and Pascbe,

Solicitors to the Council. 1051

WHERE TO GO SUNDAYCOLOSSEUM, To-morrow Night, . 8,30

Orchestral Society. Vocal and Orches- ,

tt;al Concert. Popular programme. Orches-tra (52). -Red Cross Fund. Silver, coinadmission. Expeditionary Troopers in uni-form invited. 2971

CONSCRIPTION0 need to force anybody to attend Grand

Concert, Colosseum, To-morrow Night(Sunday). Orchestral Society Orchestra(52). Popular programme enough induce-ment. 29"!

\ ' ' •■'.•.'.-' \ ■ ; .

SATURDAY, DECEMBERIB;I9IS.

Printed by David Davidson, of 12 NasebyStreet, Christchurch, Printer, and pub-lished by Sidney Roger Evison, of 87 '

Worcester Street, Christchurch, Publisher,at the registered printing office- of theCanterbury Publishing Company, Ltd.,87 Worcester Street, Christchurch.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1915* i

A.

f THE SUN has a larger daily aver-J age circulation than the Newspaper

J Trusts evening journals combinedAUCTIONS.

• CEADDOCK, M'CBOSTLE CO.

IMPORTANT AUCTIONSAJjE

PIANO, SOLID OAK FURNITURE,Etc., Etc.

WEDNESDAY NEXTDECEMBER 22, at 1 p.m.

On Account MRS 11. L. WILSON.

Dn the Premises, No. 18 CASHMERE HILLSROAD (just to the right of the foot

of Dyer's Pass Road).,

MAIN ITEMS

NEARLY NEW UPRIGHT GRANDrJ PIANO, AXMINSTER CARPETS ANDat. RUGS, AX. RUNNER (3ft Wide), SIN-

GER DROPHEAD SEWING MACHINE(six drawers), COPPER KERBS, MAR-BLE CLOCK, ORNAMENTS, 3ft HIGHSOLID BRONZE VASE, OAK EX. DIN-

. ING TABLE, OAK, HIGH-BACK DININGCHAIRS, CHESTERFIELD in OAK and

~ BUFFALO HIDE, BOOKS, BOOKCASE,PALM BOWLS, CHINA, CUTLERY, E.P.WARE, CHOICE PICTURES, 2 3ft OAKBEDSTEADS COMPLETE, BLANKETS,LINEN, OAK CARVED TABLE, DUCH-ESSE CHESTS, BRUSSELS CARPET(new), AUSTRIAN CHAIRS, 2 WIRE'STRETCHERS, TOILET CHEST. WASH-STANDS, WARE, LACE CURTAINS,

* . LINOLEUMS, HEATER, RUGS, DINNERSERVICE, TABLE, CHAIRS, CARBINEVACUUM CLEANER, UTENSILS, W'RIN-

•*- GER, LAWN MOWER, GARDEN TOOLS,

..; SUNDRIES, Etc., Etc.

- TAKE NO. 2. CAR TO FOOT OF HILLS.

, Craddock, MeCi'ostie Co.AUCTIONEERS. 1492

DALGETY & CO., LTD.

NORTH CANTERBURYPROPERTIES.

'* -s ' '. FOR PRIVATE SAIJE.

9Aftft ACRES FREEHOLD, comprising

,' flats land downs, balance tusrfock hills. All'-' and-'conveniently subdivided. > -

The arable land is exceptionally rich and' rwell suited for growing rape, turnips; and

grain crops.The country 'is well sheltered, and high

percentages of. lambs are always obtained;all surplus stock can be turned off FAT.'. All necessary buildings (new). Handy torailway station.

. PRICE: £8 10/-PER ACRE.

1 ROft ACRES of high-class Grazing andXOVU Agricultural Land, of which 1000acres have been, cultivated, and grow splen-

■ did crops of roots and grain; the balanceis in. the native, and probably some of thebest tussock country in Canterbury.

-

"" Situated close ,to township and railway- , station.*

" Good'buildings, all new.f PRICE; £l2 10/- PER ACRE.

We can recommend both these Propertiesas being ■ the best on the market at the

;\ present time; also, having been in thev present owner's hands for a number of

years, have never been hawked about.

' We are prepared to arrange VERY EASYTERMS to assist a good man, and shall bepleased to giyc further particulars to bonafide buyers.

DALGETY & CO., LTD.SOIJE AGENTS. .26(

WM. JAMESON & SON.

WM. JAMESON & SONHAVE FOR SALE IN

OTACO AND SQUTHLANDThe folloviug-

EXCEPTIONAL HOLDINGS.VERY EASY TERMS arranged in each case.

712 ACRES (1 mile from rail, etc.), at £l2per acre.

340 ACRES (£ mile from rail and factory),at £ll per acre, crops in.

471 ACRES'(I mile from rail and factory),'

"" at £l3 per acre, crops in.200 ACRES (1 mile from rail and factory),

..at £ls per apre, crops hi. .v280 ACRES (1 mile from rail and factory),

at £l6 per acre, crops in.• 220 ACRES (2 miles from rail and factory),

at £l7 10/- per acre, crops hi.200 ACRES (li miles from rail and., fac-

tory), at £l2 per acre, crops in.,500 ACRES'(I. mile from rail and factory),

£l2 per acre, crops in. <318 ACRES (f mile from rail and factory),

-' at £l4 per acre, crops in.130 ACRES (1 mile.from rail and factory),

at £23 per acre, crcps in.88 ACRES (J mile from rail and factory),

at £l6 per acre, crops in.580 ACRES (2 miles from rail and fac-

tory), at £9 10/- per acre.ICSB ACRES (handy to rail), at £3 15/- per

acre.2100 ACRES (handy to rail), at £4 15A per

acr?.LEASEHOLD. -

2200 ACRES (53 Acres Freehold; carryingl& 2400 sheep and 56 cattle), for

£4850.4320 ACRES (with 2000 sheep, etc., as going

concern), at £1 10/- per acre.We. can RECOMMEND any of the above

Farms, and will be pleased to supplyBuyers with full particulars.

WM. JAMESON & SON.MANCHESTER ST. (Opp. National Bank.)

DEVEBEUX, KING & CO., LTD.

DEVEKEUX, KING & Co.,LIMITED,100 LICHFIELD ST., CHRISTCHURCH.

TARPAULINS, STACK COVERS, WAGGONCOVERS, MACHINE COVERS, CARCOVERS,

jjti half the cost, because With. Devereux's* New Patent they last twice as long.

The most simple, unique, and effectivepatent ever brought out for the benefit oftarpaulins. Evry farmer who has seen itSs: showing his appreciation by sending usorders for early delivery. It cannot blowoff, cannot tear off. The wear is on theropes, not on t'e cloth, and the'ropes areprotected by an ingenious invention.

100 UCHFIELD STREET,; Christchurch. .387

AUCTIONS.

TONKS, NORTON & CO.

BY SHERIFF.

NO. OF ACTION 4629.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEWZEALAND, CANTERBURY DISTRICT

Between McCROSTffi & WESTWOOD, of'-■** Greehdale, Chuffcutting Contrac-

■'.'■ tors, Plaintiffs,And ' JAMES NEE," of Corner Carreg and

Glandovey Roads, Fendalton, De-fendant. '•, i

I, ARTHUR HARRY~HOLMES, Sheriff ofCanterbury, hereby Give Notice that undera Writ of Sale issued out of the SupremeCourt of New Zealand, Canterbury District,at Christchurch, at the suit of the abovc-riaWd Plaintiffs, being; the execution Credi-tors' and directed to me, I have Taken inExecution all the Estate, Right, Title, orInterest of the above-named Defendant inall those Parcels of Land situated In theChristchurch Survey District, being—Firstly,all'that'Parcel of Lajgd,containing 2 roods,more or less, being part of Rural: Section,188, arid'the whole of the Land in Certificateof Title Volume 105 folio 183; subject toMemorandum of Mortgage Numbers 99083,99084, and 99085, securing in all £1635 2/4and interest. Secondly, all those Pieces ofLand "containing 3 acres 3 roods 37 perchesmore or less, being Lots 44 to 51, both in-clusive; on Deposit Plan of Bryndwyr Es-tate No. 3060, part R.S.-188; subject to Mort-gages Number 1,17659, 117660, ,and 117662,collaterally (securing the above sum of £16352/4 and interest. AND will cause the sameto be SOLD by PUBLIC AUCTION byTONKS, NORTON, & CO., LTD., at theirSalerooms, No. 105 Hereford Street, Christ?church, on the 21st day of JANUARY*1916; at the hour of 2.30 o'clock in the After-noon, unless the Debt,v with interest andcosts, are sooner paid. ''

■The name of the Officer executing theWrit is PERCIVAL JOHN JONES.

The Solicitors for the Execution Credi-tors are MESSIEURS HOPKINS & TWYNE-HAM, of No. : 113 Gloucester Street, Christ-church. '

Dated at Christchurch this 18th day ofDecember, 1915. ■"•-■. •

A. H. HOLMES, Sheriff.Conditions of Sale and full particulars

may be. seen on application • to\thc Auc-tioneers or the/Solicitors. - 1493

- TONKS, NORTON, & CO., LTD.,

FARMERS' CO-OP. AUCTIONEERINGCOMPANY.

FOR KESTG & COUNTRY.WE WANT TO SELL,

So that we canOFFER OUR SERVICES

To our King-,and Country.

IT/fIK ACRES FREEHOLD,J-- L '*«J ACRES FREEHOLD,

Land Transfer Title,Situated at *

GLEN MURRAY, SOUTH AUCKLAND.

We guarantee it to winter 3200 sheep.It is "now carrying 4500 wethers.

12 miles from Main Trunk line; 1 mile fromP.O. and school; landing 4 miles.

25 Sub-divisions, sheep-proof.

TWO 7-ROOMED HOUSES.Sheds, Machines, Yards, and Dip.

£l2 PRICE —• £l2£l2 PRICE £l2

Terms as per arrangement.

One and only reason for selling:OUR KING AND COUNTRY NEED US.

Full particulars from

FARMERS' CO-OP, AUCTIONEER.ING CO., HAMILTON.

O. F. CLOTHIER,.423 Land Department.

GOVERNMENT

DEPARTMENT '~'

I THE GUARANTEE OF THE STATE GOESWITH EVERY POLICY ISSUED. j

INSURE with the Department and obtainState Security

Low PremiumsLiberal TreatmentLarge Bonuses

and keep your money in the Dominion.

4. H. RICHARDSON, F.F.A.,(6) Commissioner,

�OLISH your Cars with "SHvo"; lOdper tin. Entirely British.

AUCTION SALEPROPERTY AND PURNITURE, PIANO.

WEDNESDAY NEXT, at 1 p.m.ON THE PREMISES

5 FLOCKTON STREET, ST. ALBANSOn account MR W. P. RICHES, who has enlisted with the Expeditionary

Force. ->

MAIN ITEMS OF FURNITURE.Nearly new Werner Piano, Dining-room Suite of 7 pieces, upholstered in Velvet,Axminster Carpet in very good order, Palm Stand, Pictures, Occ. Chairs, HallRunner, Kitchen Table and Chairs, Duchesse Pair, Double and Single Bed, GritMill, Lawn Mower, Sewing Machine, Incubator, and a large number of sundries.

AND AT 2 p.m.His 4-roomed House T-shape, being built about 4 years, every modern convenience,good aspect, close to car, large section. Bulk of money can remain on GovernmentMortgage at 4£ per cent.

Purther particulars apply to

R. S. McKENZIE & CO.Auctioneers, H6use, and Land Agents

- CASHEL STREET" (next Tattersall's)

H. -D.HIGH CLASS BRITISH-MADE BICYCLES

SPECIALLY SUITABLE FOR XMAS GIFTS.• II B. SORENSEN has for sale 20 of the Famoiis "NEW TOWN-

END" (Ladies' and Gent's) BICYCLES, manufactured in Great Britainby one of the finest firms in existence. The finish put into these bicyclesis a magnificent testimony to British workmanship, every part beingperfect, even to the minute'st detail. So completely satisfied are we as tothe bona fides of this line that we are personally prepared to give a

twelve months' written guarantee with every part, tyres and tubes in-

cluded. . ~..,. ,, , '

For these splendid bicycles the price asked is ridiculously,, low.£G 10/- for lady's or gent's.

H. B. SORENSjEN, 63 Lichfield Street

GOVERNMENT NOTICES.

r OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that PAS-TORAL RUN 241, Known as Paddy's

Market, is WITHDRAWN FROM SALE.C. R. POLLEN,

. Commissioner of Crown Lands.District Lands and Survey Office,

Christchurch, December 17, 1915. 1469

, OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Un-I dermentioned RESERVE will be offered

for LEASE by PUBLIC AUCTION at the Dis-trict Lands and Suryey Office, Christchurch,at Noon on WEDNESDAY, sth xJanuary,1916:

Reserve No. 958; Block V1.,; RangiofaJsurvey;District; area: 20:-&6te0imini-mum annual, rent £4-;° term 7 <

being the did rifle range on the southbank of the Ashley River, a little overa mile from Bells Railway Station.

FiiiU particulars may be obtained at theabove Office.

C. R. POLLEN,1462 Commissioner of Crown Lands.

AS HLE Y RIVER B RIDG E.TENDERS will be received at this Office

until Noon qf MONDAY, 10th January, 1916,for the ERECTION of a ROAD BRIDGE(Ironbark Piles, Rolled Joists, and Aus-tralian Hardwoods) over the Ashley River,near Oxford, Canterbury. Drawings, speci-fications, and conditions of contract may beseen at the Public Works Offices, Welling-ton, Christchurch, Grcymouth, and Dunedin.Thi'- lowest or any tender not necessarilyaccepted.,

R. W. HOLMES,Engineer fri Chief.

Public Works Department, ,Wellington■, December 16, 1915. 1477

mAURANGA BRIDGE STEEL RODS.

-TENDERS will be received at this Officeuntil Noon of MONDAY, 10th of January,1916, for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY atTaiiranga of about Eighty-five Tons of SteelRods and Nuts for Piers of the proposedTauranga Railway, Bridge. Specifications,schedule, and conditions of contract maybe seen at the Public Works Offices, Auck-land, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch,and Dunedin. The lowest or any fender notnecessarily accepted. '.'.'.'

R. W. HOLMES,Engineer-in-Chief.

Public Works Department,Wellington, 23rd November, 1915. 1047

i RTHUR'S PASS TUNNEL—STEEL PIPES

TENDERS will be received at this Officeuntil Noon of THURSDAY, 6th January,1916, for the of2640ft of 16-inch STEELf VENTILATINGPIPE for Arthur's Pass Tunnel. Drawings,specification, and conditions of contractmay be seen at the Public •'. Works Offices,Auckland, Wellington, Grcymouth, Christ-church, and Dunedin. The lowest or.anytender not necessarily accepted.

R. W. HOLMES,Engineer in Chief.

Public Works Department,Wellington, December 9, 1915. 1381

[RON-BARK TELEPHONE POLES.TENDERS will be received at this Office

until Noon of THURSDAY, 6th Januarv,1916, for the SUPPLY and DELIVERY atfour main ports of 1600 Ironbark. TelephonePoles. Specification, schedule, and condi-tions of contract may be seen at the Pub-lic Works Offices, Auckland, Wellington,Christchurch, and Duncdin. The lowest orany tender not necessarily accepted. ■

11. W. HOLMES,Engineer iu Chief.

Public Works Department,Wellington, December 10, 1915. 1400

MISCELLANEOUS.W; BOURDOT

JEWELLER["ANCHESTER STREET, CORNER BED-L FORD ROW.

workman; 23 years with large firm inChristchurch.

EPAIRS a Specialty. Old Jewellery rc--J modelled at trade prices to the public;

no middlemen here.LONG, Oval, Half-round, Square, and

. 3-corncrcd Bangles made up from £2;guaranteed not to dent. 2928

TUCKER & KITEGROCERS

Colombo St., SYDENHAMrj.IVE us a Trial; our prices are right..

/|UR quality can't be beat; new Fruit" arriving.

TUCKER & KITE> U B L I C CATERING.

—A. RATTRAY,—VICTORIA SQUARE,

Has been Catering for the public for 20years, and is now better equipped withevery kind of plant for all sizes of functions.

TERMS MODERATE.Fullest Satisfaction Guaranteed.

On ,Hire—Crockery, Cutlery, Linen, etc.ILVO," the Newest and Best Liquid

' Polish; lOd per tin,

MISCELLANEOUS.

CEOTON BTtJBIC^| HIGH STREET, Christchurch (oppo-

~ site Graham, Wilson, and Smcllie's).'Phone 4111.

'OU are invited to inspect the New. Up-to-date Crown Studios.

/YNE of the Largest and Best LightedStudios in the Dominion.

RTISTIC Cabinet Photographs from 15/-dozen. Beautiful Sepia Photographs at

very reasonable prices.TOUR Photograph on one of our Artistic• Post Cards -would make an acceptable

Christmas Gift.

QPEN all day Saturdays. 'Phone 4111.

'Phone 287. *

LANYOIT& BEEEYCENTRAL STORES, SYDENHAM;

FUETHEE EEDUCTIONSFLOUR down again. Sugar, any quantity,

12/6 bag. Finest quality Rice, Sagb,an'd Tapioca, each 51b 1/-.

JOILING Peas, finest marrow fat, 51b 1/-.Jelly Powders, 6 packets 1/-. Best

Prunes, 6"d. Dried Apricots, lOd. Peaches, Bd.& B. Loose Baking Powder; finest onthe market for whiteness and light-

ness; 1/- lb. • ?-...'

EEftEEEN'SMANCHESTER: ST. and RANGIORA

'OR Stationery, Printing, and RubberStamps. No canvassers, and best value

in the trade. i 7j

TÔUNTAIN.Pens! "Caxton," 14-carat gold■*- nib, 8/6, all. parts renewable; also,"Caxton" Stylo, self-filling, 5/6. .

ATEST Self-filling Pens,' non-leakable,: 14/6, 17/6. .529

PHOTOGEISHIC SALE83 WORCESTER STREET.; x

I'. you cannot manage your Photography,■ come to us. We can put yoii*right, or:

will do it for you. Moderate prices for* allkinds of photographic work and goods.

WE can make Transparencies or -Enlarge-;' merits at the shortest notice. : Nothing

too small-or too- difficult.Developer for Plates, Paper,

** or Films, gives pleasing result, andnothing on the market to beat it'; 9d bottle.

>, '.578

EVERYBODY EVERYWHEREISHOULD Learn to Shoot at the Jungle and' 'Pike; ' also: new game, Kaiser Pool;

Punchball, Lifting Picture : Machine, etc.Opposite Dodd'S; Dainty .Tea- Rooms, hearPeople's PalacerManchester Street. 321

BEEF IRON WINETHE IDEAIi-TONIG

"AKESvBone and Muscle,: gives Health,- Strength, Vigour,, and Tone to tlie

System; YOrder a "

BOTTLE TQ-DAY ,

>IiSITS, 3/G; Quarts, 5/6. All chemistsand stores.

X RADFORD,High-class Tailor,

193 CASHEC STREET, CHRISTCHURCH.(Opposite Turkish -Baths.)

GIVES EVERY~SATISFACTION.Prices Most Moderate. .

/

Late Cutter N.Z. Farmers' Co-op. .608

NEW CORONATIONSTUDIO.

OPEN All Day on Saturdays. Cabinetsfrom 10/6 per dozen. Wedding Groups

a specialty.Only One Entrance:

THE CORNER2 VICTORIA STREET

|T O R D G A RX (MADE IN CANADA),Are'Brltish. ' '

1915 Output ..450,000 Cars.

HENRY J. RANGER,AGENT,-

CHRISTCHURCH GARAGE,94 GLOUCESTER STREET. .430

™ O INVENTORS.We desire to inform you that oiir HEAD

OFFICE for NEW ZEALAND is at CHRIST-CHURCH, where our Principals may beconsulted personally at any time duringoffice hours or by appointment.

CLIMIE, COATES, & CO.,——Patent Attorneys*134 HEREFORD STREET

(Opposite Bank of New Zealand).

G TAG E Y & HAW KER,& -Of-

ESSEX STREET BAKERY,LINWOOLV

Desire to draw the ATTENTION of HOUSE-HOLDERS apd the PUBLIC generally to thefollowing FACTS:—

In a COMPETITION held in CHRIST-CHURCH recently, and OPEN tothe BAKERS of the COLONY, they were

SUCCESSFUL IN FOUR CLASSES.CLASS 1: Solid Silver Cup for Champion-

ship Loaf (open to Dominion).—A. Mac-donald, Foreman for Stacey & Hawker.

CLASS 3: Turnover Leaf (Silver Medal).—A. Macdonald.

CLASS 4: Cottage Loaf.—Stacey & Hawker,Gold Medal; A. Macdonald, Silver Medal

CLASS 5: Barracouta.—A. Macdonald, Sil-ver Medal.

Thus securing PRIZES in ALL CLASSESbut one.

Judge's remarks:—"The Champion Loaf isprobably the FINEST LOAF EVERPRODUCED in NEW ZEALAND."

: .642

/"IULVERDEN ROTHERHAM WAIAU.

MOCKETT'SUP-TO-DATE MOTOR SERVICE.

DAILY from Culverden at 12.35 p.m., re-turning from Waiau at 2.15 p.m., connectingwith outgoing train at Culverden.

On WEDNESDAYS Car meets both Earlyand Late Trains.

FARES.Culvcrden-Waiau—s/- Single, &/- Return.Culverden-Rotherham—2/6 each way.

SPECIAL TRIPS UNDERTAKEN■ Td • ;

•'

\

, KAIKOURA, HANMER,Or Anywhere In Canterbury.

Telegrams, parcels, etc. promptly attended to.W. MOCKETT,

.169 : Waiau or Culverden.

MISCELIiANEOUS. .

]ynjNDAY*S? ; Sydenham, for Wsefjul;>Xina*■**■*•{Presents for boys and girls, liidics andgentlemen.

NFANTS' Bibs, Infants' Shoes, Children'sHoods, and Hats in great variety and at

lowest prices. ' iADIES' Neckwear of all kinds, Blouses in

1 silk, muslin, crepe, etc., Maltese Silk

MAS Presents at Munday's, Sydenham—Children's Pelisses, Dresses, Coa'j;

Capes, Matinee Coats, etc.RAY Cloths, Tea Cloths, Table Centres,

Duchcssc Sets, Pillow Shams, CushionCovers for Xmas gifts.

UNDAY'S, Sydenham, for Bed-spreads,Hearth Rugs, Slip Mats, Lace Curtains;

useful Xnias presents."MAS,Presents at Munday's—Ladies' Um-

brellas, Children's Sunshades, BlouseLengths in great variety.

'ANCY Handkerchiefs, Fancy Hose, Fab-ric and Kid -Gloves, -Hair Brushes,

Leather Bags, Needle Cases.UNDAY'S, Sydenham, for all sorts of

- Useful Presents for - Xmas-time; goodvalue prices.

/CENTS' Ties in great variety; Handkcr-\" chiefs, plain and fancy borders; initialHandkerchiefs in silk and cotton. .

PRESENTATION Braces, Strong Leather,Purses, Fancy Socks, Shirts in all sizes

and every description. '

-* Gents' Umbrellas for Xmas Presents at'Munday's. .520

SD CROSS Sales Depot, next G.P.0.,wants gifts of Seeds, Bedding-outPlants,

Potatoes, Onions, and anything saleable: toprovide funds for our wounded soldiers. '.

'.: Year's.Day; sports, side shows, etc. 14G8IENTLEMEN, see Slaiiey's Window Dis-

.yJ. play of.Boots; popular prices. Slaney's,next Reece's. •' . :■.■'■." ' '''•,'.'

out J. Strassmeyer, Furniture Arcade,Colombo Street, corner Tuam Street. .

■ holidays; called for -and delivered;Keats,- tailor, 149- Armagh Street. 2660

\OLLS, Dolls 1 A choice selection jit lowest*: rates; no fancy Avar prices.. Also, Toys

in endless variety.. Central News Agency,Triangle, Colombo St. (next Steel, butcher).

ADIES' Blouses from 3/6; Silk BlousesJ from 7/6.' Mrs arid Miss Field, Armagh

street. '.;;" /■.''■''•; /'."'',, [\, ' ,-'.\\\ : i47i'f\ DOLL'S Go-Carts and Prams/ all

;- "■■;■ colours. Wheels arriving per s.s;Remuera. Williamson, Colombo Street. 1470

BOON & CO. are still selling Light SpringDrays for £22.

UtUIT, Vegetables, best quality, ■ lowest■ prices—'Phone 4106. . Hare,l47l Coloinbo

Street. Prompt country delivery. .636rai JONES, 92 Victoria Street, Ladies'■ A! • and Gents', Artistic Tailor. Lateststyles.' Moderate prices. .256" QILVO," the New Liquid Plate Polish,

*J lOd per tin. Rritish made.PEARCE, "Carlton" Coal and Fire-

":?. wood Depot, Papahui Rd„ St. Albans.All orders promptly delivered. 'Phone 236.

ILVO makes your Electroplate lookj KJ . "-. like, real Silver; lOd per tin.

JOCKET MONEY—Young Men, bring your,Left-off Suits' and Boots to ROBSON'S,

203 High Street. Highest price given. Let-ters attended to. 'Phone 2628.

EWING Machine, oak drop: head, £3 17/6;< hand machine, £2. Globe Depot, Tri-

angle, High Street. , , .667ARGE Shipment Latest Child-Facing' Empires, all colours. Williamson's,

Colombo Street. 1470pOK School Children our JNursery Lotion

is without equal as a germ destroyerfor children's hair, 1/- and 1/6. Barnettand Co. ;

SE "SILVO" on your Electroplate; won-V derful Results; 10d per tin.

"RS ROSS'S Pills, obtainable from lead-- irig chemists. Look for Mrs Ross's

signature on "every box.ARRY WILSON, getting :;busy—boughtout J. Strassmeyer, Fujc-riiWe Arcade,

Colombo Street, corner Tuam Street.ED GROSS Sale 3 Depot, next G.PX).,

- , has for Sale Motor Car, Motor \ Boat,Engine (12 h.p.), Dolls' House, Fancy Goods,Books, Jewellery, Plated Goods, etc.....

' Year's Day; sports, side shows, etc. 1468house in the trade for Reliable

■* Shoes. Slancy's, 659 Colombo Street,next Recce's. . . 2930OKA DOLL'S Go-Carts and Prauis, all"f"" colours. Wheels arriving per s.s.Remucra. Williamson, Colombo Street. 1470

rANTED Known—That Hall's Anti-fat• • Pills continue to give great satisfac-

tion; purely herbal; 1/6 box. E. W. Hall,Herbalist, Armagh Street.

(yJ> FALSE TEETH Bought, sound or" broken; best possible "prices in NewZealand. Send any you halve to J. DUN-STONE, Box 1053, G.P.0., Auckland. Estab-lished 25 years. Cash by return post.

'OR Your Medicine: Pure Drugs at lowest■ possible prices, with prompt attention,

at Barnett and Co., The Chemists, in TheSquare.

ANTED KNOW N—-»» That if you want the

BEST MEAT- THE COUNTRY PRODUCESAt Greatly Reduced Rates, go to

F. H. STEEL, BUTCHER,702 and 704 COLOMBO STREET.

The Leading Establishment of its kind inChristchurch.

Nothing but absolutely the Best Meat thecountry produces kept. Don't be persuadedto buy inferior quality and rubbish whenby patronising F. H. STEEL you can alwaysrely on getting the Cream of Canterbury.

Customers in City and Suburbs waited ondaily for orders. Country Customers canalways rely on letters and telegrams beingpromptly attended to.

SMALLGOODS A SPECIALTY.The Annual Output reaches Half a Million

Pounds. The quantity sold speaks for itself.>ED CROSS Sales Depot, next G.P.0.,

wants gifts of Wheat, Oats, Butter,Eggs, and anything saleable ;| to providefunds for our wounded soldiers. : 2877

ARGE Shipment Latest Child-Facing4** Empires, all colours. Vl'illiamson's,Colombo Street. ! 1470

'OTHERS—For School Children's hair- troubles Nursery Hair Lotion is a germ

destroyer and tonic—a sure corrective—l/-and 1/6, at Barnett's, in The Square.

WE MAKEXMAS CAKES AND |

PUDDINGS FROM 2/6.MINCE PIES 2/- DOZ.

MINCEMEAT 1/3 LB./TIADENA CAKE SHOP, COLOMBO ST.,

': (Near Reece's). 2810

JILVO," the Newest and Best Liquid' Polish; 10d per tin.

Free Insurance up to £l5O is avail*able to all regular readers of THESUN.

EDUCATIONAL.

rpHE EDUCATION BOARD OF THEA DISTRICT OF NORTH CANTEUBURV;

ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR INAGRICULTURE. . ' .

The Boartt invites Applications, accom-panied by Testimonials, for the POSITIONof ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR in AGRICUL-TURE. Salary £250 per annum (rising by£lO annual increments to £300) and travel-ing expenses. To be eligible Applicantsmust submit satisfactory evidence of hav-ing both a theoretical and practical know-ledge of Agriculture, Agricultural Botany,-Agricultural Chemistry, and Dairy Science,and of approved teaching ability. Appli-cations to be addressed to the Secretary ofof the Board, and to be sent in not laterthan THURSDAY, 6th January, 1910. -.

H. C. LANE, Secretary...

Christchurch, December 14, 1915. 14G7SYDENHAM MUSIC STORES

~3 FREDERIC R. VINCENT,Agent for THE PATHEPHONE,

"The Machine with the Human Voice."New Pathe Multitone Sound Box, with mi-

wearable sapphire. No needles required.460 COLOMBO ST., CHRISTCHURCH.

MR J. HOLMES RUNNICLESTeaches the

ART .OF SINGINGIn all its Branches. '

VOICE PRODUCTION & DEEP BREATHINGa Specialty;. '

Studio: No. 3 The Bristol Piano Co., Cashel St.Private Address:

79 Francis Avenue, St; Albans. ; .547USIC IS A NECESSITY.

——' Learn thoroughly and quickly Piano,Violin, or 'Cello (moderate fees) in your ownhomes or at "24 Lincoln' Road, Spreydpm

MR CULLEN, Professionia/ Teacher. .49^]J£- IS S flf. H ART LE Y>

CERTIFICATED PIANIST.Pupils Prepared for Examination.

: Term starts any time.

Address: 43 SHREWSBURY STREET. SROOMS AT MILNER & THOMPSON'S;

biv±iLiy«.i**? mowi)£> immViolin, MaAdolin, and Pianoforte.' One

guinea per tejrm of 12 weeks (advance fee).Thorough tuition. 361 OXFORD TERRACE!WEST (hear Montreal St. Bridge). ■ * .198

DO YOU WISH TO PASSANY EDUCATIONAL EXAMfNAWON?

=The curriculum of the usual Secoiid-==a'ry Day School requires four years'-r±tuition from the [Sixth Standard be-=fore the Student is qualified to go up=for Matriculation.=This is explained by the fact that=Secondary Schools I overload tfyeir='tc;£cliihg with subjects if=any, only a theoretical "-value.'--'.=A Student wishing to Matriculate=from our College will do so in) thp==second year, if he or-she be ah=earnest worker. In the [Matriculation

of December, 1913, the==whole of bur second-year StudemV==were successful. ' -

=Cbnsider what a saving of valuable"=ztime—-not to speak of . expense--this

:■'.■:'. ='ehtails. '"■'.'.•■■ ■■': ■■:/'- :"'-,--" r ~v--- :H;->

=Writen or call for Free Prospectus;==ferm begins with first lesson.(JIL> Y'S COLLEGE, LTD.,. NEXT CHIEF POST OFFICE,

CATHEDRAL SQUARE.

TENDERS.

Arc invited for the ' ;

• S. ; ERECTION OF' ■ A RESIDENCE.' JIN MERIVALE..\/''-; \>--'.^C'\t4

Plans and ispecnlcations, may jbe! ■■■*<&&£} al :

my Office, ' where Tehdera close " v <hiDecember 29 at 4 pari; ■■'';'■..*:;■.;.; ■v';'..

: VB." J; AGER, A.N.ZiLAV^:; ; ;

1458 . ; ..-.; .■ yY-/:AM^.OÎTRENDERS are required, and will/X, ccived at our Office up» tiU'DAY, January 12, for RESIDENCE atCashmere Hills. . , > .;_.' • i

HURST, SEAGER, & McLEdb, ;!, Registered Architects., -

A.M.P* Buildings. •'_ ' ;<£ y;'J4ZfrjifTIENDERS are invited up till 4 o'clock on

WEDNESDAY, December for iRFERECTION of RESIDENCE, Papaniii Road.

ENGLAND BROS.,"Architects. ~-

Somerset Buildings,' •.

-

133 Hereford Street. 1483 -

rpENDERS arc invited up till 4 o'clock onWEDNESDAY, Dcccihber 29, for the

ERECTION of RESIDENCE, Park Terrace.Plans, etc., may be seen at our '

ENGLAND BROS.,• •" Architects. ■

Somerset Buildings,15S Hereford Street. " 1484

PLASTER OF PARISKEENE'SCEMENT

OF BRITISH MANUFACTUf

Francis Holmes, 'g^S^.

Plione 48. Post'Office,Box 341..Manufacturer of High-class ~

Joinery Work. -

.Timber always' «

' hand from moist^*kiln.

ryA$

" Materialsin itoek.

*" Offict, Factory,and Timber Yard*

3SI-7 Madras Street N.

HARDEE & THOMSONTimber and Coal Merchants,

- Joinery-Manufacturers -~

Colombo Street, North.Every description of Builders?. Materialskept in stock, includingIron and Cement.Delivered town or country on shortest-

notice. 'Phone 2995.' ,-;--..

THE RICCARTON TIMBER CO,X ' LIMITED, .

TIMBER AND COAL MERCHANTS,RICCARTON ROAD, CHRISTCHURCH.

Large Stocks of Seasoned Building Material*,(including Selected Timbers for Cabinet* -

makers) kept under cover for immediate use. .

Oregon, 'Fencing Materials, ;' andÊa^mers!;?Requisites, Black Pine andTotarafoifery work, Galvanised-: Iron, Cement; r'tmL ■"■;'

rir.i---' ; ABuUders, :'lrbnmongery.^:^;;r;v;-,^: v;'^:;:

DIGBY'S COMMERCIAL SCHCfoL;HALLENSTEIN'S BUILDINGS,

•'.■.'■ Opposite D.I.C. " '

Principal: MISS M. D. DIGBY,,P.C.T.; I.P.S,, , (Typists' Section).) •-

DAY AND EVENING CLASSESIn all Commercial Subjects, including

SHORTHAND. TYPEWRITING.BOOKKEEPING.

NOTE.—Our teaching is ~ INDIVIDUAL,'THOROUGH, and PRACTICAL,: and theresults achieved by OUR PUPILS standUnequalled. .1

Saturday Corning classes. -

Classes in the above Subjects at SPECIALFEES are held on SATURDAY. MORNmGSfor SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS.

Full particulars regarding Class Hours,Fees,; etc., on application at the School.

SXJMNEBABVEETIBEMENtS

L. G. CARTERSUMNER & REDCLIFFS

For all BOOT REPADRS. Only the bestleathers used. Pumps l and Hand-sewn a

specialty.\ 661

ON YOUR WAY to the Beach/don't'forgetto Call on W. D. Maltoch for the

Choicest Cakes and Bread; choicest Confec-tionery. ■•■■■■; ;539

IHE Beach Tea Kibski Sumner; Morhinand Afternoon Tea; home-made Cakes

and Scones a specialty. Mrs Sharid. 2338

RANGIORAADVERTISEMENTS

J. F. SUTHERLAND, MP- 8-

D.0.5.8.C.0.T arid OPTICIAN (by exams.),

V High Street, Rangiora. '

a Cough try our White' Pino Cure,1/6 per bottle, two bottles for 2/6.

>ABY Cough Cure, safe and sure, 1/0' per bottle. Give it a trial.kUIXINE Ointment, the greatest soother' arid healer for all skin eruptions,, 1/6

per tin.IGHT Tested Daily. Glasses accurately

~ fitted by expert optician. Chargesmoderate. .266

MISCELLANEOUS.

LEET-OFE CLOTHINGRS ELLWOOD," Second-hand Clothier,

, 123, 125, and 127 Armagh Street.'Phone 3087.

"RS ELLWOOD has several Tailor-made- Misfit Costumes (new) for less than

half their original price.

MRS ELLWOOD wants you to dress welland save money. It is well-known a

Second-hand Tailor-made, Costume is farbetter in every way than those cheVp ready-made things.

'RS ELLWOOD has several Tailor-made- Suits (new). Call and sec them. The

price will surprise you.

LADIES' PANAMASTAGKEL & STRAW HATS

REMODELLEDRHODES & SON

213 HIGH STREETNext Excelsior Hotel.

COUNTRY ORDERS PROMPTLY -

.■:'■■ ATTENDED -TO^Ss^P^''-vßox 702. ■■■■■ ■'-■-;;.:,.-/ * .'^-.v:;■■■..'.^^tt6iii»--:aaiii-\':- ■:

■ '■■::'< timber : i*--BiM2W&ix^Hs;&:> ':' :;".v SAWMILLER Md"TM"PO"RTER^'î;;;:s' ;

■Yards and Mill; 175 DURHAM ISTREEIV '■>"" ■.-'■■.' Arid MOORHOUSE %*

Offices: 94 GLOUCESTER STREET. 5,'■.■ V:: .;.S ?Phohes 951'and. -85£y/,'^,;-;: v^::: -'; ';;:

I, have ph hand one of the Largest Stock*of; 'Tihilifer; !arid quote fordelivery, town or country. AH Builders*Requifements in stock. Estimates given ■ forJoinery Work. -':--';:-^^:M

'*-' TIMBER MERCHANTS iv.''■;'.'>-!ANp-.,;-''

Office arid Yards: 167, 168 Tuam Street.Yards: 210-2i4 St. Asaph;Street.

Largearid Complete Stocks of Builders*arid Farmers'ber of every description/ Imported; Tim-beri-Jarrah,' 'Oregon, Baltic,; Redwood*V.DkL.; Yellow Pint, etc;, etc.stocks of Seasoned Timber ready''siforuse. ,We shall be >,pleased to furnishquotations for Tiriib iirf . delivered td any.Station, oh application. -AM)

NEWBEIGKBMJNadvertisement!

J. < BEAVEN, NEW BRIGHTON*-..- ;■:■.• :. 4r^"■ ■■'; Z^M :.','

.'Phone 3947. Orders Anderson's Stables, ■Order ? Box Harris, HerefbrdSSt.; All

Orders promptly attended to. J\ v

BARGROVES DRAPERYNEW BrtlfeHTON !V

Father Xmas arrives at theShop at 3 p.m. Friday

ear; . ' <m ■v.' :-' ;'-

p New Brighton.fa Butchery

Highest Quality at Town Prices

JOHN H. SHAW

Howey's Hydro Sea Water Baths(HOT and COLD) ;*

Hot and Cold Showers—ElectricallyLighted . throughout—Perfect Sanitary -

Arrangements and Conveniences—Maleand Female Attendants..

ESPLANADE, NEW BRIGHTONOpen Daily, from 7 a.m. Phone No. 385s '

Appointments made per Phone. :J. HOWEY .. .. ;. -...;

.. Proprietor

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